Feds Clear Path for Farmers to Begin Growing Hemp

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Courthouse News Service


October 31, 2019
DAVID REESE

(CN) — The USDA on Thursday issued its interim final rule on hemp production in America, clearing the way for farmers to cultivate what could be a highly lucrative — or highly speculative — new crop.

The 2018 Farm Bill passed in December 2018, but it wasn’t until Thursday’s final interim rule was published in the Federal Register that hemp farmers, bankers and manufacturers could get a sense of direction from the federal government over hemp, which had been listed in the Controlled Substances Act until the farm bill passed.

“This is a necessary step for the full implementation of the 2018 Farm Bill,” Daniel Shortt, a Seattle attorney who specializes in hemp and marijuana laws, said. “This gives farmers boots on the ground” to move ahead with production, he said.

The publication of the final rule Thursday in the Federal Register officially establishes the U.S. Domestic Hemp Production Program. This program “creates a consistent regulatory framework around hemp production throughout the United States,” according to the USDA.

Read more: https://www.courthousenews.com/feds-clear-path-for-farmers-to-begin-growing-hemp/

[ZZenith]

1. ABOUT FRICKIN TIME!!!

Finally!

[whistler162]

2. Just don't

https://abc13.com/hemp-farmer-thinks-thieves-are-mistaking-his-crop-for-marijuana/5631629/

"U.S. & WORLD
Upstate NY hemp farmer thinks thieves are mistaking his crop for marijuana
Saturday, October 19, 2019
SAVANNAH, NY -- Dale Weed jumped at the opportunity to grow industrial hemp on his upstate New York farm, but he didn't think the demand for his crop would be so high among thieves."

[beachbumbob]

3. no high from smoking essentially "ditch weed"

but unsuspecting "customers" of the thieves will find out too late

[ToxMarz]

5. Of course the farmers name is Dale WEED!

[oldsoftie]

4. I cant believe its finally happened. And with McConnell running the Senate.

This is about 100 yrs past due
The possibilities of hemp are amazing. You can even make fuel from it

[not_the_one]

6. This is an excellent step forward, economically.

Maybe farmers will switch from tobacco to hemp. Hemp is so much more versatile, and won't kill you.

[RussBLib]

7. And still cannabis is a Schedule I drug

Which is so absurdly stupid.

But I'll take hemp for now. We could practically replace the entire fossil fuel industry with a hemp industry, but fossil fuels have had quite the headstart.