USDA Approves Hemp Production Plans for Florida, Kansas, the Blackfeet Nation, the Cayuga Nation, Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa

Date
April 16, 2020

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the approval of hemp production plans under the U.S. Domestic Hemp Production Program for Florida, Kansas, the Blackfeet Nation, the Cayuga Nation and the Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa, bringing the total of approved plans to 36.

USDA continues to receive and review hemp production plans from states and Indian tribes. To review approved plans or check the status of a plan, visit the Status of State and Tribal Hemp Production Plans webpage.

State and tribal plans previously approved include:

STATES

TRIBES

Delaware

Colorado River Indian Tribes

Georgia

Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs

Iowa

Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe

Louisiana

Fort Belknap Indian Community

Montana

Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska

Nebraska

La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indian Tribes

New Jersey

Oglala Sioux Tribe

Ohio

Otoe-Missouria Tribe

Pennsylvania

Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation

South Carolina

Pueblo of Picuris Tribe

Texas

Santa Rosa Cahuilla Indian Tribe

Washington

Santee Sioux Nation

West Virginia

Seneca Nation of Indians

Wyoming

Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Tribe

 

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

 

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians

 

Yurok Tribe

The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Bill) directed USDA to develop a regulatory oversight program for hemp and include provisions for USDA to approve hemp production plans submitted by states and Indian tribes. Accordingly, on Oct. 31, 2019, USDA issued an interim final rule establishing the U.S. Domestic Hemp Production Program and the provisions for USDA to approve submitted plans. State and tribal plans provide details on practices and procedures that enable hemp producers in their jurisdictions to operate according to their individual plans and in compliance with federal laws.

For additional information about the program, visit the U.S. Domestic Hemp Production Program webpage.

For information or questions related to a specific plan, please contact the applicable state or tribe.

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