Existing Farm Bill protections remained in place for U.S. hemp operators as the federal government lurched toward a partial shutdown Friday after the failure of a spending plan.
Yet another extension of the 2018 Farm Bill, which legalized hemp production nationwide and inadvertently led to the proliferation of intoxicating hemp-derived THC products, was in the works before President-elect Donald Trump intervened.
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Trump on Wednesday demanded a drastic revision of a short-term spending bill that congressional leaders had agreed to in principle.
That revised version failed during a Thursday night vote, setting up a potential government shutdown on Friday.
In the meantime, existing federal protections for the hemp industry remain, though many states have passed restrictions or outright bans on hemp-derived products that
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