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"Secretary Redding welcomed this year's industrial hemp pilot program participants for a program debrief on November 1. After a decades-long absence of industrial hemp in Pennsylvania agriculture, PDA launched its comeback season for the crop with 14 pilot projects and nearly 70 acres in 2017. 2018 provided a much more robust program, with more than 700 acres."
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Secretary Redding welcomed this year's industrial hemp pilot program participants for a program debrief on November 1. After a decades-lon...Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Friday that lawmakers are still trying to iron out a deal on the farm bill, but that a provision legalizing hemp as an agricultural commodity will be in the legislation.
"They will be," McConnell told reporters in Kentucky on Friday, asked about the hemp provisions. "If there's a farm bill it will be in there, I guarantee you that. We're trying right now to make sure there's a farm bill and before the end of the year."
The Senate passed its version of the mammoth legislation in July and included provisions to legalize hemp, removing it from the federal list of controlled substances and allowing it to be sold as an agricultural commodity.
It would also allow states to regulate hemp, as well as allow hemp researchers to apply for grants from the Agriculture Department and make hemp farmers eligible for crop insurance.
The House didn't include a similar provision in its bill, but McConnell has expressed optimism that it would end up in the final version crafted by the House-Senate conference committee.
Congress left town before the midterm elections without an agreement on the farm bill. At the center of the impasse, McConnell said Friday, is a fight over putting new requirements on food stamps.
The House bill would impose new work requirements on the food stamps program and tighten overall eligibility on who can qualify for the federal assistance. But senators have warned that the provision could not clear the Senate's 60-vote threshold for legislation.
McConnell says farm bill to include provision legalizing hemp
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Friday that lawmakers are still trying to iron out a deal on the farm bill, but that a provision legalizing hemp as an agricultural commodity will b...Many of us tried to get hemp legalized in Pennsylvania for over 20 years. When Governor Wolf came into office we realized that he was the right person at the right time to finally make some progress with on this issue.
Wolf and his administration completely supported the bipartisan effort to legalize hemp and just 16 months into his term he signed historic legislation in July of 2016.
It was so great to see every single Republican and every single Democrat vote unanimously. Between the House and Senate the bill passed 233-0!
In January of this year Governor Wolf and the Secretary of Agriculture, Russ Redding visited the PAHIC booths to show support and learn a little more about what we are doing with hemp.
We've come a long way. Looking forward to season number three for hemp in Pennsylvania next year as we see a large expansion of the brand new rebirth of an old industry.
Way to go! Great job!
Vote him out for not legalizing for rec we needed that like b4 he was elected.
Great now vote him out of office and let’s get Ken Krawchuk PA Governor 2018 in so we can have legal weed too
Didnt this asshole just say he has no plans to legalize it?
Not getting my vote
He was good for Cannabis, but he is a DISASTER for our Public Schools! He lets these Charter Schools (for profit schools) pop up everywhere and the Public School Boards MUST fund them out of THEIR budgets!! Bethlehem City schools are suffering big time because of these stupid Charter Schools and Wolf doesn’t care!
Me either . No tax hike . Beloona.we are the highest tax payers in the u.s.a. and Don't forget this when you vote today.
Wolfe’s out
"In the next decade, Westmoreland County could become a restaurant hub, home to a multi-sports complex and a leader in industrial hemp production.
Those potential projects and dozens of others were unveiled Monday in the county’s comprehensive plan , which is expected to guide local leaders in how to increase the population in the next 10 to 15 years.
Two open house sessions to discuss the plan will be held at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Nov. 1 at the Palace Theatre in Greensburg.
The county commissioners are slated to approve a draft version of the 110-page document in December.
“It’s comprehensive and hits on everything,” said Westmoreland County Commissioner Ted Kopas. “I think it sets ambitious but achievable goals.”
The plan identifies seven core objectives and offers 38 strategies designed to enhance the local workforce and grow the county’s population, which has been on the decline for decades.
Planners spent $309,000 in the last two years conducting public forums, meeting with local business and government leaders and residents to determine seven factors addressed in the plan. They include linking workers with employers; promoting arts, recreation and tourism; enhancing local towns; improving housing; converting to a modern economy; and upgrading transportation.
It divides the county into seven regional planning districts and specific proposals, ranging from technical changes and a shift to promote business and industry to specific wish-list ideas."
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Westmoreland's comprehensive plan unveiled
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In the next decade, Westmoreland County could become a restaurant hub, home to a multi-sports complex and a leader in industrial hemp production. Those potential projects and dozens of others were unv...Keep informed and join our mailing list:
