AZDA industrial Hemp program

Farmers Plant Spring CBD Hemp Crops, USDA Guidance Soon

BY DR LLOYD COVENS For both returning farmers—and the new hemp farmers in Arizona, Wisconsin, So. Carolina, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, Kansas, Illinois and Michigan—unresolved issues on crop insurance, banking/loan challenges, and a major learning curve for farmers have all brought great uncertainty. But the difficult choice between reaching for a bigger pay-day from CBD versus …

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Arizona’s Hemp Event – Hemp Industry Trade Assoc.

BY ACM STAFF Arizona’s Hemp Industry Trade Association (HITA) holds its second monthly meeting this week at the Scottsdale OdySea. The event comes the same week that the industrial hemp program committee wrapped up their work for the program’s much anticipated June 1st launch. HITA founder Sully Sullivan is thrilled his organization is getting up …

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The Grand Finale 

Hemp Committee Final Meeting May 20, Program Starts June 1 BY MIKEL WEISSER It all comes down to one final meeting for AZ’s Ag Dept Industrial Hemp committee. This week Industrial Hemp Program Manager, Brian McGrew, announced the date of their final committee meeting on May 20th to complete regulations for the eagerly awaited program …

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Unfinished Business: AZDA Hemp Rules Incomplete

BY MIKEL WEISSER Less than a month before AZ’s hemp program is set to start, AZDA’s industrial hemp program supposed last monthly meeting ended with multiple critical issues unresolved. Propagative materials such as clones and tissue culture techniques were threatened. Hemp strain certifications were challenged. AND, the final language is still not ready for the …

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Hemp Program Announces Early Application Start Date

BY ACM STAFF Arizona’s new, closely watched hemp program got one step closer to launching on Wednesday April 24th, when AZDA Industrial Hemp Program Manager Brian McGrew sent out an email announcing the program’s new early application start date. “Industrial Hemp Program applications and forms are [now] available for download. Please submit early applications by …

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