The bill also defines hemp more broadly than the previous Farm Bill and now explicitly includes extracts and cannabinoids derived from the plant. Vote Hemp supports this important legislation and issued apress releaseannouncing the release of the new bill. We also sent aletter of support to Senator...
Where before Oregon’s hemp production was regulated in accordance with 2014 Farm Bill provisions and their own revised statutes, they now require all applicants to comply with the US Domestic Hemp Production Program. Effective on March 22, 2021, the USDA final rule on hemp regulation set forth...
stated: “For applications filed on or after December 20, 2018 that identify goods encompassing cannabis or CBD, the 2018 Farm Bill potentially removed [the U.S. Controlled Substance Act (the CSA)] as a ground for refusal of registration, but only if the goods are derived from ‘hemp.’...
The 2018 Farm Bill legalized CBD and other hemp-derived cannabinoids if they do not contain more than 0.3% THC by dry weight. While the bill states the FDA has oversight of these compounds, it failed to create clear rules around the use of hemp in food and drinks, which are already wide...
“And we’re free to make that determination ourselves, despite a contrary interpretation from the DEA, because we agree with the Ninth Circuit that [the Farm Bill definition of hemp] is unambiguous…and because, even if it were ambiguous, we needn’t defer to the agency’s interpretation....
The food industry processes both imported raw materials, chiefly grain, vegetable oil, and cacao, and local farm products, used by the sugar, meat-packing, dairy, and beer industries. The region’s highly intensive and predominantly suburban farming emphasizes livestock raising. Sugar beets, wheat...
Senator McConnell supported and pushed a provision to legalize hemp (a variety of the cannabis sativa plant with less than 0.3% THC) in the Farm Bill that was signed into law in 2018. In response to that support, McConnell was quoted saying, ...
stated: “For applications filed on or after December 20, 2018 that identify goods encompassing cannabis or CBD, the 2018 Farm Bill potentially removed [the U.S. Controlled Substance Act (the CSA)] as a ground for refusal of registration, but only if the goods are derived from ‘hemp.’...