Webers take a deep dive into organic hemp farming

Cathy Weber and her mother-in-law, Johny Weber of Timber Lake, individually hand-planted the 3000 hemp seedlings which were started in a greenhouse.
Cathy Weber and her mother-in-law, Johny Weber of Timber Lake, individually hand-planted the 3000 hemp seedlings which were started in a greenhouse.

Shane and Cathy Weber have planted, irrigated and harvested their first crop of hemp and are now looking for a market.

The Webers tilled two and a half acres on their place at Taylor, ND (near Dickinson) in October 2019 in preparation for planting. They built a 10 x 24 foot green house and (with some help) planted 3000 seeds, first in the greenhouse and then in the field — one at a time by hand. Pl…