New Florida Hemp Approval Program Monday Feb 22nd, 2021 News Reporter With your Southeast Regional Ag Report, I'm Trevor Williams. The HEMP industry has been growing like wildfire since the 2018 farm bill, which made the production of hemp legal. Since then, CBD, and other hemp products have been more widely accessible to people that might need those products for medical purposes. It has also given farmers an opportunity to diversify or pivot their operations to take part in this new era. In the past 3 years, regulations have changed as we learn more about hemp production and how to streamline research as well as production across the country. In Florida, one university if helping farmers research which cultivars of hemp are safe for use in the state as well as being hardy enough for the sunshine state.