USDA To Release Hemp Regulations In Time For 2020 Season
The 2018 Farm Bill includes new guidelines for growing hemp. It moves hemp under the Title 1 commodity program. Early this year, USDA issued a Notice...
USDA Announced Pilot Insurance Coverage for Hemp Growers
On December 23, 2019, the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Risk Management Agency (RMA) announced a new crop insurance option for...
USDA extends deadline for DEA-approved lab tests on hemp by one year
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is giving hemp cultivators one more year to secure a lab that is registered with the Drug Enforcement Administration...
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...
USDA legal opinion says states can’t block hemp shipments.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said on Tuesday that hemp can be transported across state lines—even through states that haven’t enacted...
USDA Final Interim Rules available for public comment until Dec. 31
On October 29, 2019, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced their final interim rules for industrial hemp. As part of...
USDA Clarifies Industrial Hemp Production for Indian Tribes
May 28, 2019
This notice clarifies avenues for Tribal participation under authorities in the 2014 Farm Bill to grow...
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...
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 Announced Details of Risk Management Programs for Hemp
WASHINGTON, D.C., February 6, 2020 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the availability of two programs that protect hemp producers’...
