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Things looking up for industrial hemp in the Southern Tier
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Industrial hemp (pictured) is taking root in Cattaraugus County and the Southern Tier. Jennifer GolleyHalftown, who helped oversee a 20-acre plot of industrial hemp this summer on their family farm outside Ellicottville, said their first growing season for the crop was a success.
By RICK MILLER
U.S. Department of Agriculture and state agriculture departments. Industrial hemp contains no more than 0.3 pers the debate over legalizing and cent THC, the compound in cannabis plants that taxing recreational marijuana in produces the high people get from smoking mariNew York gets underway, indusjuana, so it can’t get you high. The hemp plant’s trial hemp, marijuana’s less potent cousin, is tak- fiber and seeds are used in thousands of products. ing root in Cattaraugus County and the Southern The U.S. was one of a few countries that did not Tier. permit growing industrial hemp. Earlier this month, a Canadian-based company, New York Farm Bureau President David Fisher Canopy Growth, announced it planned to construct said the 2018 Farm Bill’s legalization of industrial a $150 million industrial hemp processing plant hemp “will benefit farms interested in diversification.” near Binghamton. Jennifer Golley-Halftown and her brother Chris It is expected to generate hundreds of jobs and Golley grew a 20-acre plot of industrial hemp this spin-off companies and provide Upstate famers summer on their family farm outside Ellicottville with another cash crop they can add to their crop under state Agriculture Department permit and rotation. guidance from Cornell University. The recently-passed U.S. farm bill legalized hemp Hemp ... page A-5 production with limitations imposed by both the Olean Times Herald
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Local firms seek more info on plastic bag ban
A rose amongst thorns
By BOB CLARK
Olean Times Herald
OLEAN — Local retailers said they will comply with a ban on single-use plastic bags now under consideration, but would like more details moving forward. Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday announced that his executive budget for the 2019-20 fiscal year calls for the ban on single-use plastic bags by retailers. Cuomo, citing the pollution from non-biodegradable bags as a health risk for residents and the environment, put forward a proposal from the state Plastic Bag Task Force to prohibit busiGov. Andrew nesses from providing plastic carryout bags to customers. Cuomo "Promoting recycling, reducing waste, and helping end the blight of plastic bags littering our environment are top priorities,” said state Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos. “These actions will also help municipalities and retailers respond to global changes in the recycling industry. We will continue to explore additional ways to protect our
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Bret Michaels performs songs by Poison as well as songs he released as a solo artist at his “Bret Michaels Songs & Stories World Tour” at the Seneca Allegany Events Center Saturday night. For more photos from the concert, visit OleanTimesHerald.com.
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After a pipe burst at the Tractor Supply store in Arcade and got water on several pallets of animal feed, store manager Pete Lounsbury donated the usable product to local animal rescue groups including the Cattaraugus County SPCA.
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t was a case of bad luck … turned into good luck. When the Tractor Supply store in Arcade had a water pipe burst early Jan. 13, employees arrived to find a 2-inch ceiling pipe leaking water down to the floor through three storage racks of animal feed in pallets. “Our back storage area had water on the floor, which even carried onto the sales floor,” says Pete Lounsbury, the store manager. While the first job was to stop the leak, clean up and ready the store for business, it soon became apparent that the significant number of affected feed pallets would have to be addressed. “The leaked water was potable, but obviously the feed on the affected pallets could no longer be sold,” Lounsbury says. “We were faced with filling multiple dumpsters with what appeared to be, in some instances, product that had been untouched or barely damaged.” State & Union ... page A-5
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Local Deaths Hon. Linda A. Blackmar Rev. M. Duane Burdick Elizabeth ‘Bess’ Mulligan Edward Sawyer Jr.
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National ‘DREAMERS’ DEAL REJECTED The president’s attempt to make a deal Saturday that might end the government shutdown went nowhere. ... page B-8
WEATHER HITS ROADS The winter storm, which arrived in the region Saturday, created dangerous driving conditions across Cattaraugus and Allegany counties. ... page A-3
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