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Hemp Actual Production History (APH) Changes

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Board of Directors approved changes to the Hemp APH crop insurance program, under section 508(h) of the […]

December 23, 2021
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USDA Announces Changes to Strengthen Crop Insurance for Hemp Producers

As a result of direct feedback from producers, USDA announced on Thursday a series of crop insurance policy changes that aim to […]

December 3, 2021
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Industry Files Suit as Hemp Faces New Administrative Challenge

The Hemp Industries Association has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) over its interim rule on how the […]

October 14, 2020
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Why Hemp Farmers Are Betting on CBG

Illinois hemp growers have until Halloween before the state will begin requiring hemp biomass to be tested for total THC. If harvests […]

July 31, 2020
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Checkoff Program to Market Hemp on the Horizon

The National Industrial Hemp Council (NIHC) and The Hemp Industries Association® (HIA®) announced today they’ve entered into an agreement to work together […]

July 2, 2020
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Hemp Outlook for 2020 Shows Decrease in Acres

One of the biggest hurdles for growers in Illinois’ first year permitting the cultivation of hemp had to do with size. Farmers […]

April 28, 2020
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First Female Hemp Farmer in North Carolina Advises Caution

Franny Tacy recommends first-time hemp producers not follow her example to get started. “I leaped before I looked,” Tacy says. Related: Hemp production […]

April 10, 2020
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Ask the Expert-A Hemp Q&A with Andrew Kowalski

Ask the Expert is a new series launching on farmers.gov. In this Ask the Expert, Andrew Kowalski answers a few questions about […]

March 13, 2020
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USDA-Acres Planted with Industrial Hemp Expanded Rapidly in 2019

After a hiatus of almost 45 years, the Agricultural Act of 2014, Public Law 113-79 (the 2014 Farm Bill) reintroduced industrial hemp […]

March 5, 2020
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NASDA-As Learnings on Hemp Grow, State Ag Officials Adapt Policies

At the 2020 Winter Policy Conference of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) yesterday, policy items addressing some of […]

February 28, 2020

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