Providing crop insurance to hemp farmers might be a bit trickier than lawmakers expected when the crop was federally legalized. During a House Agriculture Committee hearing last week, panel leadership raised questions about the logistics of covering the plant through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Chairman Collin Peterson (D-MN) told Bill Northey, undersecretary for … Continue reading USDA Official Says There Are ‘Challenges’ Giving Hemp Farmers Insurance Coverage