AAFCO votes to approve hempseed in laying hen feeds

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AAFCO votes to approve hempseed in laying hen feeds

Fastmarkets has reported routinely over the last five years about the lack of approvals for feeding hempseed to livestock. Hempseed is in a unique position compared with other feed ingredients, in that there has been no impetus over preceding decades to seek approvals for hempseed or derivatives in commercial feeds.

Meanwhile, sales of hempseed products for humans have grown steadily in recent years. Irony does not influence policy, and hempseed operators have for years had to find creative outlets for the residual hempseed meal after crushing for...

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