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Missouri House Passes Industrial Hemp Bill as Hemp, Inc. Completes Its 60-Foot Silo Installation
Missouri House Passes Industrial Hemp Bill as Hemp, Inc. Completes Its 60-Foot Silo Installation.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n Missouri House Passes Industrial Hemp Bill as Hemp, Inc. Completes Its 60-Foot Silo Installation\n \n \nMissouri House Passes Industrial Hemp Bill as Hemp, Inc. Completes Its 60-Foot Silo Installation\n \n LAS VEGAS, NV--(Marketwired - Apr 13, 2016) -  Hemp, Inc. (OTC PINK: HEMP) executives announce today that Missouri's House of Representatives passed industrial hemp bill HB 2038 which is set to legalize and regulate the cultivation of industrial hemp in the state of Missouri. According to the industrial hemp bill, industrial hemp production, possession, and commerce in industrial hemp commodities and products shall be permitted in the state and subject to regulation by the Department of Agriculture, including compliance with an industrial hemp plant monitoring system. The industrial hemp bill, passed with a majority vote of 123-29, was approved last week just as Hemp, Inc. completed the installation of its steel silo at their hemp processing facility in Spring Hope, North Carolina.\n To see the video of America's largest hemp processing facility (70,000 square feet under roof, on 9 acres) and 60-foot silo installation, click here. \n \"After months of weather delays, due to above average rainfall, we have finally been able to install our 60-foot tall silo as you can see from Hemp, Inc.'s latest video update.\" said David Schmitt, COO of Hemp, Inc.'s wholly owned subsidiary Industrial Hemp Manufacturing, LLC. \"Edwards Inc. of Spring Hope, NC provided the cranes and the manpower to raise and position the steel silo onto the concrete foundation. Concor, Inc. of Greenville, NC fastened the silo to the foundation. It was a double victory, with the Missouri House passing the industrial hemp bill legalizing the cultivation of industrial hemp.\"\n To see the video of America's largest hemp processing facility (70,000 square feet under roof, on 9 acres) and 60-foot silo installation, click here.\n Craig Perlowin, Secretary of Hemp, Inc. was on site to observe the event. \"The excessive rain made the soil too soft to hold the 2,100-ton cranes that were needed on site to install the steel silo. Prior to that, above average rainfall delayed the crew in pouring concrete for the 60x16x2-ft thick pad that provides the foundation for the silo. We had to wait over 8 weeks for a break in the weather to pour that concrete slab. Th...