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Egg cartons could soon boast a new green claim: hemp-fed hens. Regulators recently gave hemp seed meal initial approval for feeding egg-laying chickens, granting hemp farmers access to part of the $85 billion U.S. livestock feed market for the first time. More markets could engender greater confidence among Minnesota hemp farmers to plant additional acres, which the industry here needs for .