Displaying items by tag: Farm Bill
State senate passes farm bill with delayed hemp ban
RALEIGH — The General Assembly is one step closer to settling the smokable hemp dispute after months of deliberation.
Timing, extent of hemp ban keep farm bill in limbo
RALEIGH — Smokable hemp continues to stall lawmakers trying to pass the farm bill.
Dispute over smokable hemp puts farm bill in limbo
RALEIGH — North Carolina’s farm bill has passed the House, but it now may be frozen in the Senate.
Legislation clarifying definition of smokable hemp causes more confusion
RALEIGH — The future of smokable hemp in North Carolina remains unsettled, nearly a month after lawmakers last took it up.
Fiery talk from N.C. lawmakers over hemp regulations burns out quickly
RALEIGH — Fiery arguments over hemp regulation smoldered out Wednesday, July 24, when House members reversed feverish efforts to criminalize the plant’s smokable flower.
Arguments over smokable hemp cloud debate over farm bill
RALEIGH — If North Carolina bans smokable hemp, hundreds of farmers will lose money on their crops — and faith in their legislators, says Blake Butler, executive director of the N.C. Industrial Hemp Commission.
Senate passes Farm Bill, bringing legal hemp in N.C. one step closer
RALEIGH — North Carolina lawmakers want farmers to grow more hemp.
