Georgia Weighs Another Hemp Bill As New Industry Begins

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June 17th, 2020

In this Aug. 21, 2019, photo, Dave Crabill, an industrial hemp farmer, checks plants at his farm in Michigan. In Georgia, 66 farmers have gotten permission from the state Department of Agriculture to grow hemp, with another 101 pending, and processors, who will make the hemp into CBD oil, have gotten permits in Georgia, too, according to state Rep. John Corbett.

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This summer, Georgia farmers are legally planting hemp for the first time in decades after the federal and state governments moved to allow hemp production again.

Soon, Georgia-grown CBD oil could be coming to store shelves.

Sixty-six farmers in Georgia have gotten permission from the state Department of Agriculture to grow hemp, with another 101 pending, and processors, who will make the hemp into CBD oil, have gotten permits in Georgia, too, according to state Rep. John Corbett, who has pushed to allow hemp growing here.

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