Locally made hemp harvester goes to National Mall

Bish excited to be part of helping grow hemp industry
 

  • Andrew Bish stands next to one of the FiberCut Hemp Harvesters built by his company at the plant near Giltner. One of these same units was put on display at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. earlier this year as part of a national machinery show.
    Andrew Bish stands next to one of the FiberCut Hemp Harvesters built by his company at the plant near Giltner. One of these same units was put on display at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. earlier this year as part of a national machinery show.

    A piece of machinery manufactured on the edge of a Giltner area cornfield made its way to be displayed on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. earlier this year. And according to the machine’s creator, that journey could be just one step of the creation of the first new major crop for American farmers since the development of the production of soybeans many years ago. Back in May, Andrew Bis…