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FAQs – USDA Hemp Programs for Risk Management
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USDA Hemp and Farm Programs
The 2018 Farm Bill reclassified hemp, and it is now legal to grow industrial hemp. USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced a...
USDA, DEA Provide Options for Labs, Disposal of Non-Compliant Hemp Plants
Date: Thursday, February 27, 2020 - 2:00pmContact Info:
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27, 2020 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today...
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02.27.2020
Convicted Felon Sentenced to More Than...
Cross-pollination causes disputes between marijuana, hemp farmers
(A version of this story appeared earlier at Marijuana Business Daily.)
Outdoor marijuana and hemp farmers are increasingly coming to...
Hemp Could Help Declining Bee Population Study Finds
Bee colonies have been declining in the U.S. due to stressors such as pests, pesticide exposure and poor nutrition from a lack of pollen,...
Israeli company offers cannabis honey
Israeli cannabis technology company PhytoPharma International offers cannabis honey – honey containing medicinal cannabinoids which the company claims also helps bee colonies.
Hemp industry faces regulatory threat
Luis Hummel last week loaded his 2019 hemp crop — his second and his last — on a truck bound for a...
States abandon federal hemp oversight before USDA rolls out bare-bones application
As the U.S. hemp industry waits to see what happens next with the federal hemp production program, more state-run programs have decided...
USDA Won’t amend proposed THC Limit On Hemp
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said on Thursday that it will not be amending its proposed rules for hemp to increase...