Hemp in Pennsylvania, The Jacobsen, and The SAFE Banking Act
On this week’s show we hear from Shannon Powers, press secretary at the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, where they are still busy processing hemp permits for 2020. So far around 415 applications have been approved, 10 percent of which are processor permits. Powers talks about how the coronavirus pandemic has affected the department’s roll out of the hemp program this year, changes to this year’s program, the Pennsylvania Steering Committee and more.
Then we talk to Chase Hubbard, senior analyst at the Jacobsen, the prestigious ag commodities reporting agency, where Hubbard writes the Hemp Daily Bulletin that includes thoughtful market commentary and hemp market prices CBD, fiber and grain.
And finally we check in with Jonathan Miller, general counsel at the US Hemp Roundtable, who tells us about the SAFE banking Act and offers advice for hemp farmers struggling in the new world of the pandemic.
Links Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture's Hemp Program
PDA's Comments to USDA on the Interim Final Rule
The Jacobsen's Hemp & CBD Pricing and Forecasting
Urge Your U.S. Senators to Include SAFE Banking Act provisions in COVID-19 Relief Package
Take the PA Hemp Summit Survey https://bit.ly/HempSummitSurvey
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