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Industrial Hemp
Industrial Hemp
The Missouri Department of Agriculture’s Industrial Hemp Program regulates the production and sales of viable industrial hemp in accordance with the federal and state law. The Program reviews applications for persons interested in producing, selling, distributing or offering for sale viable industrial hemp in Missouri. The Program cooperates with the Missouri State Highway Patrol, USDA and other state and federal agencies in the administration of the Missouri Industrial Hemp Law. The Program also administers the Certified Industrial Hemp Sampler program certifying persons for the collection of compliance sampling for laboratory analysis.
On Oct. 31, 2019, the United States Department of Agriculture published an Interim Final Rule, which established the federal regulatory framework for industrial hemp growth in the United States. The guidance from USDA further provided states the opportunity to operate without an approved state plan for one year as an extension. Missouri will operate under the extension and, as a result, will not submit an official state plan to USDA for the 2020 growing season. Missouri’s Industrial Hemp Program will operate under the authority granted by Missouri Senate Bill 133 and an extension of the 2014 Farm Bill.
Medical and Recreational Marijuana
Missouri joined other states by legalizing medical marijuana. Now Missouri is joining other states by embroiling itself in controversy over implementation of the marijuana legislation.
The question of what constitutes hemp and what constitutes marijuana will come down to testing and the willingness to submit to state and federal regulation. Businesses will face disputes and legal challenges as they attempt compliance.
Missouri and Kansas have a rich history of being agricultural states and with the conflict over state and federal law creates a need for legal representation and delicate business acumen.
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