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Iowa introduces hemp legislation
SF61, requires the departments of agriculture and public safety to administer a licensing program for residents involved in industrial hemp, as well as that those who violate the license and bill provisions pay a penalty of up to $50,000, by Committee on Agriculture.
Iowa legislators consider legalizing hemp
State legislators are working to legalize industrial hemp as another cash crop in Iowa’s agricultural economy, but opponents said the proposal is too risky due to ties with hemp’s hallucinogenic cousin — marijuana.
Kentucky introduces hemp legislation
The purpose of House Bill 100 (BR 224) is to “Create new sections of KRS Chapter 260 to create an industrial hemp research program to conduct research on industrial hemp as an agricultural product in Kentucky...”
Legalization of hemp debated
No less than Christopher Columbus, Betsy Ross and Thomas Jefferson were brought into Tuesday’s legislative debate on whether to legalize the growing of industrial hemp.
Nebraska committee debates merits of industrial hemp
The Agriculture Committee planted the first seeds of the industrial hemp debate Tuesday. LB273, introduced by Nebraska State Sen. Ed Schrock of Elm Creek, would provide for the licensed cultivation and commercial possession of industrial hemp.
Nebraska introduces hemp legislation
The purpose of Legislative Bill 273 (LB 273) is to provide for cultivation of industrial hemp.
North Dakota Ag Show
The North Dakota Ag Show is an annual event sponsored by KMOT TV. Rob Robinson of Modern Hemp will have a hemp educational booth and would like to encourage businesses to display their products to the public. If you would like to send your products for display, Rob will return them after to you after the show.
Oregon introduces hemp legislation
Several hundred bills were introduced Monday, the opening day of the 2001 Oregon Legislature, one in particular that is of interest to the hemp community is Senate Bill 89 (SB89). If this bill passes, it would permit production and possession of industrial hemp at the state level.
Organic beer goes mainstream
When the Caledonian Brewing Company in Edinburgh launched its Golden Promise Organic Bitter ten years ago, beer buffs treated it as a quirky sideline — rather like a vegetarian dish on a steak-house menu. But that was before the spectres of BSE and GM crops focused our minds on the issue of farming methods.
Our opinion: Industrial hemp is not a drug
Senate Bill 1397 received final approval from the General Assembly this week and now sits on Gov. George Ryan’s desk. Depending on whom you talk to, the bill would do one of two things.