The Michigan Department of Agriculture Industrial Hemp Plan has received federal approval.

The plan sets regulations for cultivating industrial hemp in the state and gives the department oversight to comply with USDA’s 2018 Farm Bill and Interim Final Rule.

Starting in December department staff will be required to collect plant samples for THC analysis instead of growers.

The plan also requires additional growing information from growers and specific methods to destroy crops that don’t meet THC limits.

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