That being said, the USDA did a study three years ago on the commercial viability of hemp production here in the US. They came to the conclusion that all the hemp the US could grow and market would be satisfied by twenty acres of production. Of couse today we are importing some 50,000 tonnes of finished hemp goods and Candada is growing over 20 million acres of it and still does not fill demand. Granted much of the interest is by the fringe and it is most likely a trend which will ebb, but it's value as a cash crop should not be dismissed.
I have a hemp shirt that is the softest most durable damn thing I own. I am very pleased. At present I am working on a new product with all the trash wool from my sheep flock. If I can figure a way to mass produce it cost effectively I will be a very wealthy man. Since my real farming focus is on sheep production, I really do not have the energies to jump on the hemp bandwagon.