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Sumter farmer harvests 1st legal hemp crop since WWII

BY BRUCE MILLS
bruce@theitem.com
Posted 9/10/19

Heirloom farmer Nat Bradford's half-acre hemp "genetics research lab" from last year expanded to six acres this year, but he's still having fun with the experimentation and plans to have a net income this go 'round.

Bradford spoke last week from …

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