CBD Biz Relieved as USDA Extends Hemp Pilot Plan
States will have more time to develop their hemp regulations, thanks to a resolution the U.S. Senate passed this week to avoid a government shutdown.
Included in the bill is language drafted by the House to extend the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s hemp pilot program through September 2021. The 2018 Farm Bill, which legalized hemp and CBD nationally, included a deadline of Oct. 31, 2020, for states to submit final plans to the USDA for how they would regulate their hemp markets.
About 30 states have not yet submitted such plans. Those . . .
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