03.14.2025
Sausage casings bulletin, March 14, 2025

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NASDA recently hosted their annual meeting in Louisville where they voted as a body to advocate for a dual designation for hemp. This allows growers to claim their crop as an agricultural commodity, such as hempseed and fiber production, or a specialty crop, like cannabinoid production.
The two categories accurately characterize the reality of hemp production, where cannabinoids are essentially a separate industry. Providing access to specialty crop grants for cannabinoid producers would be beneficial, as that…