Nebraska Submits its Hemp Plan to the USDA
After decades of being classified as a controlled substance, hemp was finally legalized in 2018 by the Farm Bill. The legislation classified cannabis with less than 0.3% THC as industrial hemp. THC, or delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol, is the chemical in marijuana that makes users 'high', and legal hemp varieties have minuscule levels of it. The Farm Bill gave farmers all over the country the green light to grow industrial hemp under state and tribal programs, as long as the hemp met the federal requirements. The bill also instructed states to create their own hemp plans and submit them to the U.S.…
