American Farm Bureau Federation endorses Industrial Hemp Farming Act
The American Farm Bureau Federation has officially endorsed HR 3530, the Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2017. In a letter sent on September 25th to leading bill sponsor, Representative James Comer, the organization says its policy calls for the removal of industrial hemp from Schedule 1 of the Controlled Substances Act based on decades of scientific research and previous experience growing hemp, from pre-industrialization to the advent of World War II. In the letter, AFBF Pre