Farmers to Begin Growing Hemp in La., but Must Jump Through Hoops First
By Austin Kemker
WAFB-TV 9
BATON ROUGE, La. - We’re just a couple of months away from the first round of hemp being planted in Louisiana in several decades.
In spring of 2020, farmers will finally be able to grow hemp, the cousin to marijuana. Its growth was made legal federally after Congress approved the 2018 Farm Bill, but remained illegal to grow in Louisiana. In 2019, that changed when the state legislature passed a bill legalizing the plant.