Casa Grande farmer sees new opportunities growing legal hemp
field of hemp
Gazing over the cotton fields on his 300-acre farm outside Casa Grande, Paul Ollerton weighed the risks and opportunities of a new crop that, come this summer, will be legal to grow for the first time in decades.
Ollerton, 64, is a third-generation farmer who has just harvested his 38th cotton crop, and he’s cautiously looking to get involved with industrial hemp.
“God knows we need something that’s a little bit more profitable than what cotton has been for the last few years,” he said.
