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On the 2018 Farm Act: Can I Start Growing Hemp?

MJ Business Attorneys

The long-anticipated 2018 Farm Bill finally made its way to the President’s desk and Trump made hemp fans ecstatic when he signed it into law on December 20. With a provision legalizing the cultivation and distribution of hemp on the federal level, many are left wondering what the Act means for cannabis industry operators.

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Montana Department of Agriculture taking applications for hemp growing season

Cannabis Law Report

MISSOULA, Mont. — The Montana Department of Agriculture is taking applications for the upcoming hemp growing season. In 2021, 37 hemp growers licensed with the state and planted just over 2,500 acres. Montana Tribal Reservations accounted for another 2,000 acres of hemp. Department of Agriculture.

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Alert: NC Hemp Grower License Program Ends Dec. 31, 2021

Cannabis Law Report

8/18/2021 – On August 5, the NC Industrial Hemp Commission held a meeting to discuss the future of the NC Industrial Hemp Pilot Program. At that meeting, the decision was made to end the NC Hemp Pilot Program on December 31, 2021. Register to use the Hemp eManagement Platform (HeMP).

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Colorado’s hemp management plan wins federal approval, Gov. Polis announces

Cannabis Law Report

Department of Agriculture has approved Colorado’s state hemp management plan , Gov. Jared Polis and Colorado Department of Agriculture Commissioner Kate Greenberg announced Tuesday. Colorado’s hemp management plan will allow hemp farmers to grow hemp in Colorado in compliance with federal laws.

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USDA approves hemp production plans for Alaska, Arizona and Montana

Cannabis Law Report

Hemp Industry Daily reports. Federal agriculture regulators continue to approve hemp production plans for state and tribal programs following the Jan. 1 deadline when pilot programs were due to expire and the final rules under the 2018 Farm Bill were set to take effect. Most recently, the U.S.

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Oregon’s New Industrial Hemp Rules and the 2018 Farm Bill

Canna Law Blog

Oregon hemp will see a little bit of each in 2019. Last year was a big one for the Oregon industrial hemp program. Indeed, the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, more famously known as the “ 2018 Farm Bill, ” became law last month. Department of Agriculture (the “USDA”) for approval.

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USDA Issues Hemp Regulations

NORML

The United States Department of Agriculture has issued interim rules governing the commercial cultivation of hemp. … With the publication of the interim rule, USDA will begin to implement the hemp program including reviewing State and Tribal plans and issuing licenses under the USDA hemp plan.”

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