Good hemp seed or 'garbage'? Growers say standards needed

Monday, June 24, 2019

AURORA, Ore. -- A unit of wheat is a called a bushel, and a standard weight of potatoes is called a century. But hemp as a fully legal U.S. agricultural commodity is so new, a unit of hemp seed doesn't have a universal name or an agreed-upon quantity.

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