The only industrial hemp commercial decortication facility in the US has been set up in North Carolina, and is now legalised. Pat McCrory, Governor, passed Senate Bill 313 (by not vetoing it) as ‘an act to recognise the importance and legitimacy of Industrial Hemp research, to provide for compliance with portions of the Federal Agricultural Act of 2014, and to promote increased agricultural employment’, on October 31.

Now, farmers have the option to cultivate hemp with easy access to Hemp, Inc's (OTC PINK: HEMP) multipurpose industrial hemp commercial processing facility in Spring Hope, NC, in North Carolina. Hemp, Inc (OTC PINK: HEMP)’s CEO, Bruce Perlowin says the decision to keep the decortication plant in North Carolina paid off and the company is now more easily able to uphold its commitment to the American farmers in North Carolina.

North Carolina farmers have been committed by Hemp Inc that it would pay more than 10 per cent of the market price for their hemp crops for the first year to boost the industry and help farmers, Perlowin explains. Hemp, Inc, was interested in farmers wanting to process certified organic hemp or those farmers who want to become certified.

This multi-purpose industrial hemp processing facility will process hemp to sell to textile manufacturers and other users and is almost at the start of production. Besides, there is also going to be a testing lab within the facility. David Schmitt, COO of Hemp, Inc. Industrial Hemp Manufacturing, LLC, says, the lab will be for new product development testing and testing raw hemp materials, fibres and hemp-based products. This testing lab, just like the commercial facility, will be the only one for industrial hemp in the US.