Ag commissioner: Louisiana expected to be among the first states to establish hemp farming
Louisiana legislators have approved the state’s plan to regulate industrial hemp farming, which the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Forestry will review. The plan initially was submitted to the federal government in October and has been tweaked in response to USDA feedback.
“We have been informed that our plan will be amongst the first if not the first plan in the United States to be approved,” Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain told lawmakers at a recent agriculture committee meeting.