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This will be the first year that the Minnesota Department of Agriculture's Industrial Hemp Program will operate under a new, federally approved state plan that governs production and regulation.

  Broomfield, Colo. – The Colorado Department of Agriculture (CDA) has awarded the contract for development of a strategic plan for a state Hemp Center of Excellence to MPG Consulting. The selection was based on the recommendation of an independent review committee, which included a member of the Colorado Agriculture Commission, a member of the Hemp Advisory Committee, and other leaders and experts in Colorado agriculture and purchasing. The strategic plan will be completed by July 2021.  �...

Hemp is a hard crop to grow -- just ask Jay Kata. “We were filthy and we were dirty and we were sweaty and it sucked and it was hot and it was miserable,” says Kata, who helps run 4M Farms in southeast Iowa. So it was all the more heartbreaking when Kata and his colleagues had to burn it all down because it didn’t meet the federal tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) threshold.  “I have a newborn baby, so I spent all summer, instead of playing with her, I was weeding a field,” says Kata. “An...

University of Missouri Extension recently released a list of pesticides approved for industrial hemp production in Missouri. According to MU Extension Field Specialist, Justin Keay, in Missouri, hemp producers are allowed to use pesticides approved by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for use on industrial hemp and registered with the state of Missouri. This new list makes it easy for producers to find approved pesticides for managing hemp pests. Keay says that contracted buyers may hav...

Dept. of Agriculture Press Release Commercial Industrial Hemp Program Applications Now Available MANHATTAN — Applications to obtain a license to participate in the new Kansas Commercial Industrial Hemp Program are now available on the Kansas Department of Agriculture website. The program allows for the licensing of producers to commercially grow or cultivate industrial hemp. To be considered for a commercial license for the 2021 growing season, applicants must submit a commercial license app...

Mindy Ward RULES TO GROW: Missouri farmers can raise hemp this growing season with the same stipulations from 2020. The Missouri Department of Agriculture reports 800 acres were planted this year. Ag Matters: Hemp growers will work under the current rules through 2021. As I’ve written before, I’ve always loved the policymaking responsibility of serving as Missouri’s director of agriculture. As lawmakers write laws as a skeleton framework, it’s usually up to s...

Cox/Henderson announce 19 more cabinet/staff members (Part 2) Created: 22 December 2020 Governor-elect Cox and Lt. Governor-elect Henderson announced 19 additional key cabinet and staff positions that will join the new administration. The appointees represent a range of diversity and bring both private and public sector experience to their new (and in some cases, continuing) roles. The first six were listed previously.. Here are the next six. St. George Mayor Jon Pike has been ...

Hemp is a hard crop to grow -- just ask Jay Kata. “We were filthy and we were dirty and we were sweaty and it sucked and it was hot and it was miserable,” says Kata, who helps run 4M Farms in southeast Iowa.   So it was all the more heartbreaking when Kata and his colleagues had to burn it all down because it didn’t meet the federal tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) threshold.    “I have a newborn baby, so I spent all summer, instead of playing with her, I was weeding a field,” says Kata....