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TURNING HEADS WE’RE ALL DEAD IN THE LONG RUN: The European Environment Agency says it is now fair to ask whether the human race could be wiped out. Environmental scientists suspect one million species of plants and animals could be at risk, and “the real question is whether homo sapiens might be part of the
USDA has issued its final rule for the domestic production of hemp in the waning days of the Trump administration.
USDA has issued its final rule for the domestic production of hemp in the waning days of the Trump administration.
The 301-page document is scheduled to be published Jan. 19 in the Federal Register.
USDA issued the final rule after receiving around 5,900 comments regarding an interim final rule (IFR) published in 2019. The final rule will become effective, superseding the IFR, 60 days after publication in the Federal Register.
“With the publication of this final rule, USDA brings to a close a full and transparent rule-making process that started with a hemp listening session in March 2019,” USDA Marketing and Regulatory Programs Under Secretary Greg Ibach said Friday in a news release. “USDA staff have taken the information you have provided through three comment periods and from your experiences over a growing season to develop regulations that meet Cong