Source: Chris Clayton, PROGRESSIVE FARMER, 5/29/19


USDA on Tuesday released a memo signed by its general counsel detailing some authorities regarding hemp under the 2018 farm bill. The farm bill removed hemp as Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act, but there has been a lot of confusion, especially regarding interstate shipping. The Office of General Counsel states in the memo that after USDA publishes its regulations on the implementation of hemp from the farm bill that, "States and Indian tribes may not prohibit the interstate transportation or shipment of hemp lawfully produced under a State or Tribal plan or under a license issued under the USDA plan."

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