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U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Sends Out Surveys To Hemp Farmers

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Department of Agriculture (USDA) began sending out thousands of surveys to hemp farmers across the country on Thursday as part of its annual effort to learn about how the market has evolved since the crop was federally legalized under the 2018 Farm Bill.

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Montana Department of Agriculture taking applications for hemp growing season

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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

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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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Oregon Department of Agriculture Proposes New Hemp Rules – Kim Stuck Comments

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Interesting piece in Hemp Grower. Kate Brown signed it into law in July 2021. In late August, the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) filed its new proposed hemp rules , which intertwine with the OLCC cannabis rules, and is seeking public comment on those by Oct. Here’s the introduction.

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Plan approved to allow Idaho Dept. of Agriculture to license hemp producers, handlers

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Department of Agriculture approved the Idaho State hemp plan on Monday, which will allow the Idaho State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) to license hemp producers and handlers under Idaho Code and the Farm Bill passed in 2018. of THC , the cannabis compound that gives marijuana its high, in April 2021.

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Fiji begins work to explore growing industrial hemp

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The Fiji Times reports… Works have already commenced by the Fijian Government in its study of growing industrial hemp as an alternative form of agricultural produce. Some countries of course are producing hemp for medicinal purposes, which actually has higher levels of THC.

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Hemp Grower Article: Smokable Hemp Laws All Over the Map

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The hemp market has suffered commercial setbacks since 2019, but one area of hemp that thrived in that time—and continues to do so—is smokable hemp. Unfortunately, while the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (the 2018 Farm Bill) legalized hemp nationwide, some states still treat hemp flower like an illicit substance.

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