Growers will not be required to have their hemp crops for the 2020 crop year to be tested at Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) certified labs, according to USDA Undersecretary for Marketing and Regulatory Affairs Greg Ibach.
"DEA will still expect states to work with their labs to try and achieve certification for the 2021 crop year. But for the 2020 crop year, we are not going to require all those labs to through DEA certification,” he told members of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture.
The issue of testing the crop and what producers would be required to do with a “hot” crop – one that is above the 0.3% maximum for THC – remain a key issue for the industry moving forward.
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