The Kentucky State Department of Agriculture has posted the 2015 Industrial Hemp Program Application for the 2015 growing season. If you are interested in growing industrial hemp for the state of Kentucky, applications are available on the Kentucky Department of Agriculture’s website at www.kyagr.com/hemp or click here.

All those interested must have applications submitted to the Kentucky Department of Agriculture by January 1, 2015.

The Kentucky Department of Agriculture Industrial Hemp Program is the result of the passage of two separate laws: Kentucky’s Senate Bill 50, passed by the Kentucky General Assembly in 2013, and the 2014 Federal Farm Bill signed into law February 7, 2014. Senate Bill 50 exempted industrial hemp from the state controlled substances act but also mandated that Kentucky follow all federal rules and regulations with respect to industrial hemp. The Federal Farm Bill allows state departments of agriculture, in states where industrial hemp is legal, to administer industrial hemp pilot programs in conjunction with universities for the purposes of research and development.

2015 Industrial Hemp Program Application

Alyssa Erickson, Marketing Director