Samuel Eaton
Industry Operations By: George Hajjar December 08, 2023 The Farm Bill is the foundation of the nation's food policy strategy that expired on September 30 of this year. As a result, an extension was put in place through September 30, 2024, ensuring a budget for a portion of the necessary...
Farm Bill aims to grow green power, hemp and organics
Most programs funded by the 2018 Farm Bill are funded through 2023. An exception applies to a person who was lawfully growing Hemp under the 2014 Farm Bill before December 20, 2018, and whose conviction also occurred before that date. Congress created NIFA through the Food, Conservation, and ...
The 2014 Farm Bill put to an end to years of hemp prohibition, at least to some extent. It also paved the way for the 2018 Farm Bill that brought hemp at par with other agricultural crops. States, through their departments of agriculture and institutions of higher learning, were allowed to...
The 2018 Farm Bill, which legalizes hemp production, has been approved byCongressand is headed to President Trump, who is expected to sign the bill on Thursday. Industrial hemp, a part of the cannabis plant, would be removed from the federal list of controlled substances. ...
Posted by The Weed Warlock on Jun 02, 2023 As the world increasingly recognizes the value of cannabis and hemp, understanding the various cannabinoids is becoming essential. One compound that's been in the limelight recently is hemp-derived Delta 9 THC. You may be asking yourself: "What is ...
McConnell’s hemp legislation, known as the Hemp Farming Act, is included in the Senate’s farm bill and would remove industrial hemp from the list of controlled substances under federal law. “I think it’s time we took this step,” said McConnell. “I think everybody has figured it out...
“At a time when farm income is down and growers are struggling, industrial hemp is a bright spot of agriculture’s future,” McConnell said Tuesday morning. “My provision in the farm bill will not only legalize domestic hemp, but it will also allow state departments of agriculture to be ...
CONGRESS IS OFFICIALLY in "listening mode" on the 2018 Farm Bill. That makes it a really good time for farmers to get into "talking mode."Staffers for the Senate Committee onAgriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, chaired by Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., say the next several weeks or even mon...