Hemp Industry Taking Off In Sunshine State: USDA Approves Florida’s Hemp Program April 27, 2020 AggregatedNews Hemp Policy & Legal 0 Comments The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) approved Florida’s hemp program that will allow farmers to grow hemp in the future, marking the official start of the hemp industry in the Sunshine State. On April 16, the Department of Agriculture announced… Read More→
Proposed federal hemp rules would hurt Maine’s fledgling industry, state officials say December 5, 2019 AggregatedNews Hemp Policy & Legal, Maine 0 Comments State agriculture officials are saying new federal rules regulating hemp production nationally would hurt Maine’s rapidly growing hemp industry. The rules proposed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture are open for public comment, and Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry… Read More→
USDA Issues Legal Opinion Supporting Current Legality of Hemp in Interstate Commerce May 29, 2019 Ian Stewart Hemp Policy & Legal 0 Comments On May 28, 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of General Counsel issued a legal opinion that clarifies its position on several important hemp-related provisions of the 2018 Farm Bill, including the legality of hemp in interstate commerce and… Read More→
New Law Removes Major Barrier for Hemp-based CBD Industry December 17, 2018 Rebecca Gwilt Hemp Policy & Legal 0 Comments By Rebecca Gwilt On December 12, 2018, Congress passed the 2018 Farm Bill (The “Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018” or the “Bill”), which includes provisions that exempt Cannabis plants with lower than 0.3% THC content (also called “Hemp”) from the… Read More→
In Maine, Industrial Hemp Is The Crop To Watch June 25, 2018 AggregatedNews Hemp Policy & Legal 0 Comments Farmer Ben Rooney spent several days last week rushing around Wild Folk Farm in Benton planting 300 seedlings of Maine’s trendiest new crop, industrial hemp. “We’re kind of in the heat of it now,” he said. It’s an apt expression;… Read More→