Is a broadacre hemp industry all hype?

Sharon O'Keeffe
Updated February 22 2019 - 12:25am, first published 1:00pm
NICHE CROP: While hemp production in Australia is likely to continue to grow, there are economic and agronomic realities which limit its potential to gain broadacre status.
NICHE CROP: While hemp production in Australia is likely to continue to grow, there are economic and agronomic realities which limit its potential to gain broadacre status.

In farming there is rarely a silver bullet and anything promising one should be looked at with suspicion.

Sharon O'Keeffe

Sharon O'Keeffe

National Agriculture Writer - Farm Machinery and Technology

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