A Democratic senator is touting the inclusion of hemp research provisions she secured as part of a Senate-passed agriculture spending bill, calling the cannabis plant “one of the oldest and most versatile crops in agriculture.”
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) promoted the $1 million in funding that was incorporated into the appropriations legislation, designated for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Cereal Disease Lab. Half of that funding will specifically go toward research into industrial hemp fiber. The other half will go toward research to prevent crop losses caused by mycotoxins.
“This funding ensures Minnesota continues to lead in ag research and emerging crops like industrial hemp. This funding for the Cereal Disease Lab will help farmers expand markets and tackle the most pressing challenges they face in this uncertain moment through innovation,” Klobuchar said in a press release last week. “I will continue to work across the aisle to ensure this funding passes the House and is signed into law.”
The release states that the dollars secured through the senator’s amendment “will allow the lab to accelerate research that benefits Minnesota’s farmers and establish a new partnership aimed at improving processing of industrial hemp fiber.”
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