Illinois ag department sorting through USDA hemp regulatory framework
The Illinois Department of Agriculture is busy studying the USDA’s new hemp guidelines released last week.
Jeff Cox tells Brownfield there are 170 pages to sort through.
“There’s a few surprises. There are a few things that we don’t quite understand yet. But overall it is what it is so we will continue to determine how it is going to effect our current hemp program.”
For the first year of hemp production in Illinois, Cox says he is mainly hearing positive things from growers, but he does get frequent calls from producers looking for buyers and processors, and 2019 weather did take a toll on some of the crop.
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Jeff Cox tells Brownfield there are 170 pages to sort through.
“There’s a few surprises. There are a few things that we don’t quite understand yet. But overall it is what it is so we will continue to determine how it is going to effect our current hemp program.”
For the first year of hemp production in Illinois, Cox says he is mainly hearing positive things from growers, but he does get frequent calls from producers looking for buyers and processors, and 2019 weather did take a toll on some of the crop.
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