The Illinois Department of Agriculture has published administrative rules for the public to comment on regarding the production of industrial hemp in Illinois. The following 45 day period is open to public comments. Afterwards, applications to apply for licensing will be available to farmers and processors. Fees include $100 per application, $1,000 per license, and lab testing will be charged at cost.
The Industrial Hemp Act of 2018 will allow farmers to become licensed to grow in 2019. Prior legislation, passed in 2014, allowed only four state universities to perform research. However, politics in the state delayed Administrative Rules from being enacted for two years after its passing. To date, there are two licensees in the state where Global Hemp was the first to legally plant hemp outdoors since World War II on May 22, 2018.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals denied the petitioners petition to review DEA’s Final Rule for the “Establishment of a New Drug Code for Marihuana Extract.” While accepting the legitimacy of the 2014 Farm Bill amendment that allows for research on industrial hemp, the court is denying that the Final Rule interferes with activities that revolve around cultivation, production, and sales of products that include cannabinol (CBD).
The first public agricultural experimental garden in America was located in Savannah, Georgia. In addition to food, they grew several fiber crops including hemp, flax, and even silk, but to no avail. Instead, cotton became king, and it was just three miles up the Savannah River from the Trustees’ Garden where Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin which revolutionized the cotton industry.
Hemp Times magazine ran from it’s premier in July/August 1996 through the end of 1999. Each issue featured a celebrity that supports industrial hemp, and included product reviews, and articles about hemp. The premier issue featured perhaps the largest supporter of hemp at the time — Woody Harrelson — who was arrested for planting viable hemp seed in Kentucky in early 1996.
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Starting up an industrial hemp enterprise takes more than a good idea, enthusiasm or a bunch of capital. Fiber processing remains underdeveloped, but that could be changing. Three fiber start up in western Canada, Alberta, are worthy of attention. Alberta seems well positioned to become a hemp fiber industry leader in North America. American start ups should pay close attention.
The 2014 Commerce, Justice and Sciences (CJS) appropriations bill includes an historic amendment to prohibit the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) from spending funds “in contravention of Section 7606” of the 2014 Farm Bill. By approving this measure, Congress is sending a clear message to DEA that it should respect the law and work cooperatively with states to allow them to conduct hemp research and pilot programs.
The growing of industrial hemp (“hemp”) in Illinois for research purposes will become legal on January 1, 2015 thanks to Governor Quinn’s signing of HB 5085 on August 26th, 2014. This marks the third time hemp legislation has been put before a governor in the state. The two prior attempts were made in 1999 and 2000, but both were vetoed by Governor Ryan.
