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INSIGHT: New USDA Hemp Rule May Propel Production Around the Country - Bloomberg Law

The Department of Agriculture’s recent interim final rule establishing the U.S. Domestic Hemp Production Program and outlining a regulatory framework for monitoring hemp cultivation and production is welcome news to U.S. industrial hemp stakeholders eager to respond to an increase in demand for foods, dietary supplements, and consumer and industrial products containing hemp derivatives, including …

Background Checks Required for Missourians Wanting to Farm Hemp - My Moinfo

(Farmington) The Missouri Department of Agriculture will spend November collecting public comment on their proposed rules for hemp production licenses. The department plans to begin taking applications from interested and eligible producers as early as December 2nd, the day after the comment period ends. Missouri Ag Department Communications director Sami Jo Freeman says producers will …

Bill to legalize hemp passes Idaho House - San Francisco Chronicle

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s annual agriculture measure is getting final votes because negotiators have worked out differences, particularly on when to outlaw production and possession of smokable hemp. The House and Senate scheduled floor votes for Monday evening on the 2019 Farm Act, much of which describes the regulatory framework to expand the …

Hemp Harvest 2019: 6 ways farmers may still profit this season - Hemp Industry Daily

Farmers across the United States who produced hemp this year are using any means necessary to sell crops that are either still waiting in their fields to be harvested or drying postharvest. From posting hemp for sale on LinkedIn to working with brokers, farmers this season are looking for strategies to profit from hemp even …

Hemp farms in New York are rapidly growing. But this stands in the way - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

CLOSE More than 200 people attended Cornell University’s Hemp Filed Day at the Agricultural Experimental Station in Geneva, NY on Aug. 13, 2019. Cornell researchers reviewed the results of test crops. Jeff Platsky, jplatsky@gannett.com | @JeffPlatsky ALBANY – New York is experiencing a boom in new hemp farms as the CBD oil industry has grown rapidly. …