INSTEAD OF PAYING FARMERS SUBSIDIES TO GROW UNPROFITABLE CROPS, WOULDN’T IT MAKE MORE SENSE TO LEGALIZE HEMP AGRICULTURE AND UNLEASH BILLIONS IN PROFIT POTENTIAL?
Keeping American farmers in business is a top priority, no doubt. But many are wondering why this administration hasn’t tried to shift focus onto a more profitable plant for farmers: hemp. It was recently revealed that the Senate’s 2018 Farm Bill included legislation which would legalize the cultivation of hemp here in the U.S. If passed, the bill would allow for hemp to be sold as an agricultural commodity and remove it from the list of federally controlled substances.
Further, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s office reports that the bill would give hemp researchers the ability to apply for grants from the Agriculture Department and make hemp farmers eligible for crop insurance — and states would be allowed to regulate hemp, too. This is all great news; hemp is a plant with enormous potential for profits. Why isn’t it legal yet?… Read the rest of this entry »
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