The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking White House approval for updates to a series of forms it distributes to hemp farmers and regulators to better understand the state of the industry.

In November 2025, President Trump signed legislation to fund and reopen the federal government, ending the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. While many celebrated, Illinois hemp farmers ...

Recent legislation has established a broader hemp definition that now includes total THC (not just Delta-9). New federal limits and exclusions target Delta-8 and other intoxicating cannabinoids. FDA ...

Congress has enacted H.R. 5371, the Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026. Section 781 of the law ...

Farmers and businessmen attend a public workshop about growing hemp in August 2019, held by the University of Florida in Apopka. Congressional legislation used to reopen the government has caused ...

Bipartisan congressional lawmakers have filed a new bill to regulate consumable hemp products—offering a potential ...

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Alexander Malyshev and Sarah Ganley of Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP discuss the regulatory and legal landscape around ...

TLDR: A quiet change in federal law just made most cannabis seeds legally risky again by tying “hemp” status to what a seed is expected to grow into, not what it contains. That shifts power upstream, ...

Congress adopted the ban on hemp products such as delta-8 THC and THCA as part of an appropriations bill that ended the 2025 federal government shutdown in November. The provisions, which also change ...