(This story appears in the August issue of MJBizMagazine.)
The U.S. Farm Bill that legalized commercial hemp production in 2018 is set to expire at the end of September.
As members of Congress craft replacement legislation, they will assess the needs of domestic agriculture – including hemp farmers and producers.
The U.S. Hemp Roundtable and 30 other cannabis organizations submitted a list of nine priorities for the House and Senate committees involved in creating the Farm Bill to consider as they solidify new legislation.
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Those priorities include:
Bolstering the U.S. Department of Agriculture hemp program through funding and dedicated staff. Requiring the Food and Drug Administration to regulate hemp extracts such as CBD. Designating hemp as a specialty crop. Repealing a ban that keeps felons from participating in hemp production. Promoting hemp research at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), tribal colleges and Hispanic-serving institutions.
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