SISTERSVILLE, W.Va. (WBOY) — After a Tyler County hemp farmer lost one-third of his crops on Tuesday to strict statewide regulations, the frustration of hemp farmers around the state is growing louder as delta-8 product sales seem to be sweeping the state.

Corey Wells lost about $1,000 worth of crop and labor from a mandatory burn from the West Virginia Department of Agriculture on Tuesday, and as the sole proprietor of his farm, the loss doesn't come easy.

The plants burned were the last batch of crops planted and tested nine-hundredths of a percent over the legal limit; all this while delta-8 products are seemingly unscathed on shelves with synthetic cannabinoids.

Wells told 12 News how the state recently did away with third-party testing of hemp samples.

"The West Virginia program d

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