SALEM, Ore. — The 2018 Farm Bill (Farm Bill) created a federal framework for regulating hemp through the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). The Farm Bill requires states that want to have the delegated authority to regulate hemp to submit a state plan to USDA for review and approval within a year of the USDA publishing their rules.
The USDA published final rules in March of 2021. States have until January 1, 2022 to have a state plan in place and approved by USDA.
ODA submitted a draft state hemp plan to USDA on October 1, 2021. You can see this plan online. Please submit any questions to the email address below.
Draft State Hemp Plan
— Oregon Department of Agriculture
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