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USDA creating hemp germplasm collection, funding lab to study plant breeding
Story Date: 2/15/2021
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Source: HEMP INDUSTRY, 2/11/21
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture say they’re studying ways to boost hemp production and profitability for growers, and are collecting the first national statistics on domestic hemp production to be ready by next year. But Dionne Toombs, director for USDA’s Office of the Chief Scientist, gave no indication this week at the National Hemp Symposium by Oregon State University that nationwide hemp rules taking effect next month might be delayed or again reviewed, as some hemp operators are hoping.
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