Tester, Braun Introduce Bill To Cut Red Tape, Support Industrial Hemp Producers
March 24, 2023
March 24, 2023
WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release on March 23, 2023:
U.S. Senators Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) today introduced their bipartisan Industrial Hemp Act to ease the burden on farmers who grow grain and fiber hemp, or "industrial hemp." The Senators' bill would exempt farmers exclusively growing industrial hemp from the burdensome background checks and costly sampling and testing protocols required for farmers . . .
U.S. Senators Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) today introduced their bipartisan Industrial Hemp Act to ease the burden on farmers who grow grain and fiber hemp, or "industrial hemp." The Senators' bill would exempt farmers exclusively growing industrial hemp from the burdensome background checks and costly sampling and testing protocols required for farmers . . .