Frankfort Industrial hemp, a cousin to marijuana but without that plant’s psychedelic kick, might return to Kentucky farms after an absence of about 60 years. House Bill 855, filed last week, would legalize industrial hemp farming and establish a continuing study of the crop’s agricultural potential.

A US firm involved in hemp growing deals with hundreds of Canadian farmers has declared bankruptcy, saying Canadian legislative changes and “bureaucratic bottlenecks” had made it impossible to do business.