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Dear Friends,
As the Commissioner of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, I wanted to draw your attention to new, draft regulations updating Kentucky’s hemp program.
The draft regulations that will govern the administration of the hemp program were recently filed for public comment. A comprehensive document can be found here, and each separate regulation is also available on our website on the “Hemp and the Law”page.
Please know that you can email your comments to KDA directly at hemp@ky.gov until April 30, 2020.
I encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity to review the draft regulations and provide feedback.
In addition, I want to ensure you knew that the Kentucky Department of Agriculture led the effort this session to pass House Bill 236, which updated Kentucky’s hemp laws. This law included two main changes:
· Updating Kentucky’s laws to align our statues with the 2018 Farm Bill; and
· Allowing licensed hemp processors in Kentucky to transport or sell their hemp concentrate to another licensed hemp processor location in Kentucky, if that interaction is reported to and approved by the Kentucky Department of Agriculture at least 24 hours in advance.
Thank you for your interest in this new industry.
LINK TO NEW PROPOSED REGULATIONS (PDF)
Kentucky Department of Agriculture kda@kygov.ccsend.com
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