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U.S. Farm Bill signed into law

December 20, 2018 by Chain Drug Review Brightfield Group, cannabidiol (CBD), U.S. Farm Bill Business, Leading Headlines, Retail News

WASHINGTON — President Trump has signed the Farm Bill, which had bipartisan support in Congress, into law. The signing of the $867 billion Farm Bill removes industrial hemp from a list of federally controlled substances. It also removes any federal regulations that had kept farmers from growing and selling hemp and allows them to collect crop

The Senate and House pass U.S. Farm Bill; waiting on Trump’s signature

December 13, 2018 by Chain Drug Review hemp legalization, U.S. Farm Bill Business, Leading Headlines

WASHINGTON —The House on Wednesday passed a $867 billion U.S. Farm Bill. The bill, which passed the Senate Tuesday by a vote of 87-13, now heads to the president’s desk for signature. The House approved it overwhelmingly, 369-47, after it was stripped of significant reforms to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, that had