Source: NCSU COLLEGE OF AG & LIFE SCIENCES, 12/2/21

The North Carolina Industrial Hemp Pilot Program is ending. Since it began in 2014, approximately 1,500 licensed hemp growers and more than 1,200 registered processors have come on the scene in North Carolina. Effective Jan. 1, 2022, all hemp production in North Carolina must comply with the USDA Domestic Hemp Production Rule and farmers must hold a USDA-issued hemp license. 

On this episode of Farms, Food and You, we talk to NC State Extension specialist David Suchoff about what we learned during the pilot program about growing hemp, this budding industry, and its roadblocks.

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