Eyes on the Prize: The Somewhat Messy Process of Getting Hemp Grain into the Feed Markets

Eyes on the Prize: The Somewhat Messy Process of Getting Hemp Grain into the Feed Markets

Author: Eric Hurlock, Digital Editor April 5, 2024 Duration: 1:11:06

On this bonus episode we talk to Andrew Bish and Morgan Tweet from the Hemp Feed Coalition, the advocacy group that has been working for four years to get hemp grain approved as a livestock feed.

Opening up the feed markets is the one of the most important issues in the hemp industry today. Hemp grain was given tentative approval by AAFCO in January, with a final vote in August.

On this episode the HFC folks respond to a recent blog post published by Agriculture Policy Solutions, another advocacy group with deep ties to the hemp industry, a blog post which at best confuses the issue and at worst jeopardizes the likelihood of hemp's approval in August.

Then we hear from Hunter Buffington from Agriculture Policy Solutions and author of the blog post in question. She defends her position and lays out why she wrote and why she chose to publish it now.

She raised a few questions that needed answered so we talked to Morgan Tweet from HFC again.

Hopefully this episode sheds some light on the messy process of getting ingredients approved for livestock.

Hemp Feed Coalition

https://hempfeedcoalition.org/

Agriculture Policy Solutions

http://www.agpolicysolutions.com/

as TENTATIVE DEFINITION FOR HEMPSEED MEAL Moves forward, APS Constituents have concerns

http://www.agpolicysolutions.com/news/tentative-definition-for-hempseed-meal-has-been-described-as-a-poison-pill-for-the-hemp-industry

Response to Industry Questions Around Tentative Definition and Potential Concerns on Cannabinoid Thresholds

https://hempfeedcoalition.org/2024/03/29/response-to-industry-questions-around-tentative-definition-and-potential-concerns-on-cannabinoid-thresholds/


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