Hemp farmers prepare for planting season ahead of impending ban: ‘We are 100% taking a gamble’
President Trump signed the hemp-restricting budget provision but simultaneously fast-tracked marijuana rescheduling and launched a hemp-derived CBD Medicare pilot.
Hemp farmers are facing an existential crisis as they plant 2026 crops ahead of an impending federal THC milligram cap. The industry is lobbying for legislative relief to prevent the 2025 budget provision from making most legal hemp products obsolete.
