Hemp Industry in Minnesota OK’d by USDA/MDA

By QuickCountry 96.5
Source: newsbreak.com



With the approval from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture and the United States Department of Agriculture, Hemp farming in the State is expanding.

According to the MDA, the Industrial Hemp Pilot Program studies the growth, cultivation and marketing of hemp. The program allows for the state to better learn about hemp. The pilot program began in 2016 with six growers and now, there are currently 511 Minnesotans growing or processing hemp in the state.

The program was made possible in 2014 in part of a federal farm bill that allowed for pilot programs to better understand hemp. This marked the first time that the plant could be legally grown in the United States in decades.