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Washing Enzyme The Department of Agriculture and Food hopes that new hemp trialsin Kununurra can create another market for growers after thecollapse of the sugar industry. The department began planting 30 hectares of hemp for a privatecompany at its Kununurra research station yesterday. But growers have mixed feelings about the crop's value, after asimilar departmental trial failed in 2000. The department's Gae Plunket says if this trial is a success, itmay pave the way for Kununurra growers to export the fibre toChina. "The last trials here were in 2000 and the varieties we grew uphere that time didn't grow very well at all," she said. "We had very low yields, we were actually even lucky to get thequantity of seed back that we planted so it was a bit sad. "We're hoping to get something like 100 tonne a hectare of fibreoff these crops to make them worth your while."
2008-06-12 09:47:38