Kentucky's two Republican senators are at war over a provision that some say could destroy the state's hemp industry.

The Democratic governor of Kentucky says the hemp industry is an “important” part of the economy that deserves to be regulated at the state level—rather than federally prohibited, as Congress has moved to do under a spending bill President Donald Trump signed on Wednesday.

Hemp growers, customers, and supporters gathered outside Sen. Mitch McConnell's office in Lexington Friday to protest strict new THC limitations they say will upend a market that's taken a decade to build.

Hemp advocates gathered outside Senator Mitch McConnell's Lexington office on Friday afternoon to protest a new federal provision that they believe will essentially kill the hemp industry in the US.

Hemp farmers and producers in Kentucky and across the country are filled with worry as the bill President Trump signed into law to end the government shutdown could end their

President Trump signed the Agriculture Appropriations Bill on Wednesday, which included language regarding hemp products. The language was added by McConnell and prohibits the sale of THC higher than 0.4 milligrams per container. Abraham Phillips, a 23-year-old fifth-generation Kentucky farmer, said the restrictions threaten his livelihood.

Kentucky hemp advocates say language inserted in the government reopening bill will destroy the industry. Now, they have a year to take action.

A last-minute change in the federal spending bill is raising concern across the nation's hemp industry, affecting farmers and businesses not just in Kentucky, but nationwide.

Kentucky farmers and small businesses are working to draft legislation before the hemp ban takes effect next year.

The plan to reopen the federal government hinges on a bill provision that critics say would crater the hemp industry, a key crop in Kentucky.