Oregon State University Gets Federal Grant to Conduct Hemp Research
Despite being just a year old, the industrial hemp sector is rapidly gaining ground. The cash crop had been outlawed for decades before the 2018 Farm Bill removed it from the list of controlled substances. Under the legislation, farmers should grow and sell industrial hemp under state and tribal programs provided the crop had less than 0.3% THC (delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol). THC is the chemical responsible for the psychoactive high marijuana is famous for, and for hemp to be considered legal, it has to have minuscule levels of THC. Although the sector is booming, with experts saying it will be worth…
