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June 9, 2025

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SIKESTON, Mo. (KBSI) – Southeast Missouri State University is teaming up with a tech startup company to bring agriculture opportunities to the area.

Saluna is a tech startup company out of St. Louis focused on delivering a new crop to market that will hire SEMO students to help plant hemp near the SEMO’s extension campus in Sikeston.

According to the company the use of hemp agriculturally hasn’t been seen in a very long time. The use of the hemp would be used for crops, livestock and oil.

Watch FOX23 News tonight at 9pm for more details.

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