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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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Illinois proposes amendments to Industrial Hemp Act

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The Illinois General Assembly Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR) released today several new proposals from the Illinois Department of Agriculture (DOA) to amend the Illinois Industrial Hemp Act. The acceptable THC level for commercial hemp and hemp products is no more than 0.3 percent by dry weight.

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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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Article: Texas Agriculture Commissioner says its “highly probable” that some licensed hemp cultivators are also growing cannabis

Cannabis Law Report

Hemp farmers disagree. Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller shared some thoughts about the practices of hemp farmers licensed by his office with Austin American-Statesman this week, stating that it’s “highly probable” some cultivators are also growing cannabis. . London Free Press writes. Read more at [link].

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Costa Rica’s program for medical cannabis, hemp could start in autumn

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Hemp Today reports… Proponents are optimistic that a proposed law that would establish a framework for medical cannabis and industrial hemp in Costa Rica could be in place by this autumn. The new law would legalize production including sowing, cultivation, harvesting, storage and transport of cannabis products.

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Hemp acres shrink in the Midwest

Medical Marijuana Program Connection

Farmers in the Midwest and Great Plains are planting much less hemp than they were two years ago, according to the most recent report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. But to David Lakeman – who leads the hemp and cannabis program at the Illinois Department of Agriculture – the. Read More

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Hemp Today: Vermont abandons hemp program less than one year after it started

Cannabis Law Report

Vermont is giving up on its hemp program less than one year after a state plan for the sector was approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Anson Tebbetts, Secretary of the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets (VAAFM), informed the USDA of the decision in a letter earlier this month.