Ag Commish Andrew Gipson issued the following statement.
The
Mississippi Hemp Cultivation Act (Senate Bill 2725) was
signed into law on June 29, 2020. This act legalized the cultivation of
hemp under a state plan to be created and implemented by the
Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce. Although the act allowed for a
state hemp cultivation program, the necessary funding
to implement the state program was not appropriated by the Mississippi
Legislature.
“I
appreciate the Mississippi Legislature providing farmers with access to
a new agricultural commodity. However, the economic stress of COVID-19
made it difficult for the Legislature to
find a way to fund the program. As a result, the Mississippi
Department of Agriculture and Commerce cannot implement a state hemp
program. Should the Legislature decide to fund a hemp program, MDAC
will request to be the licensing agency,” said Mississippi
Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson.
Gipson
continued, “However, I have been in constant communication with the
USDA as we prepared to implement a hemp program for Mississippi. In late
June, I notified the USDA that the Mississippi
Hemp Cultivation Act had passed, but without funding for the program. I
requested the USDA accept applications and issue hemp grower licenses
for Mississippians under the USDA plan. The USDA has agreed to this
plan, and Mississippians can from August 1 through
October 31 submit applications for a hemp license from the USDA under
the U.S. Domestic Hemp Production Program.”
Guidance for producers wanting to obtain a USDA hemp production license can be found at
www.ams.usda.gov/rules-
Due to remote work conditions in Washington, D.C., the USDA strongly encourages all applications be sent electronically to
farmbill.hemp@usda.gov
for expedited processing. Alternatively, completed applications can be
mailed
with a copy of the FBI criminal history report to USDA/AMS/Specialty
Crops Program, Hemp Branch, 470 L’Enfant Plaza S.W., Post Office Box
23192, Washington D.C. 20026.
All requirements and information related to the USDA Domestic Hemp Production Program may be viewed at
https://www.ams.usda.gov/
16 comments:
Before you know it they will be smoking reefers on their stoops while drinking 40s.
Man, I gotta go down to Soso and fix my old tractor and plow up the back 40 get'er ready to plant. My cuticles are dialated jus thinkin' about it! Know what I mean?!
@ 8:13 WTH is a reefer?
Really? The state needs rules to tell hekp farmers how to grow hemp and how much hemp can be grown? How much bureaucracy does this add to the state government?
Don't know where you have been but poor people smoking weed on the porch has been a Jackson fixture for the last 50 years.
What 9:05 AM said.
Marijuana and hemp are not the same. Similiar, but so are oranges and lemons that both come from the citrus genus.
Where do the working class and well-to-do smoke their pot? Or do they only leave that to the poor folks?
...."Sittin here on this sack of seeds".....
Jim Stafford – Wildwood Weed
"Hemp Czar" in a howdy doody cowboy hat? How is he going to live this down in Sunday School?...
Most don't notice or care,you can do it wherever you please as long as you respect those that don't. Legalized taxed weed is the way to go. How many of you don't know someone who indulges?
Due to remote work conditions in Washington, D.C., the USDA strongly encourages all applications be sent electronically to farmbill.hemp@usda.gov for expedited processing.
This is basically a google search of who all has pot in their possession for the government. I bet if you fill it out, you get looked at before a decision is made. Arrests will probably follow.
MS 50th and we like it that way What a joke!
Can’t wait to see how many Non-farmers get into the Hemp growing business and go belly up. Need more popcorn for this one. LOL
Sadly, the hemp they passed the bill allowing is not the hemp that gives you Reefer Madness. You must grow that variety of hemp in your basement, or way back on the back 40.
Also would be a bad idea to share information on your endeavor with others.
"Hemp Madness," coming to a theater near you.
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