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Hemp Firm Partners With University of Arkansas Researchers to Develop Cannabis

Arkansas Hemp Genetics LLC plans to work with UA to grow, research and process hemp flowers for the budding cannabis oil industry.

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January 2, 2019

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — A northwest Arkansas company plans to work with the University of Arkansas to grow, research and process hemp flowers for the budding cannabis oil industry.

Fayetteville-based Arkansas Hemp Genetics LLC says it has secured a partnership with the university’s horticulture department to research industrial hemp for the first time since its prohibition after World War II.

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