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Southwest Missouri Research Center One of Several on 'Ground Floor' of New Hemp Industry

Researchers are monitoring growth of four different varieties of seed donated by St. Louis-based Tiger Fiber and experimenting with different row spacings.

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LAWRENCE COUNTY — There’s a lot to see at the University of Missouri’s Southwest Research Center.

On one side of Highway H, there’s a vineyard dedicated to testing different kinds of grapes. On the other side, there are blackberry plants that are supposed to bear all of their fruit on one side.

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But right now, it’s hard to match the interest in another plant growing on a small patch of soil in an undisclosed location that just might be the Show-Me State’s new cash crop.

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Researchers are monitoring growth of four different varieties of seed donated by St. Louis-based Tiger Fiber and experimenting with different row spacings, David Cope said in a Tuesday interview at the center.

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