Industrial Hemp
California's industrial hemp law can be found in Division 24 of the California Food and Agricultural Code (FAC). The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has also adopted regulations in Title 3 of the California Code of Regulations pertaining to registration, approved cultivars, sampling and testing, and destruction of noncompliant hemp crops. Information is available from CDFA's website at:
https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/plant/industrialhemp/
INDUSTRIAL HEMP CULTIVATION REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS ARE NO LONGER BEING ACCEPTED FOR STANISLAUS COUNTY
A Stanislaus County license is required to cultivate industrial hemp. The deadline to submit an industrial hemp license application was July 18, 2019, 4:30 P.M. County Ordinance C.S. 1240 places additional restrictions on industrial hemp cultivation above State requirements.
For registered industrial hemp growers and/or seed breeders:
Pre-harvest Report Form
https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/plant/industrialhemp/docs/IH-Preharvest-Report.pdf
Harvest Report Form
https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/plant/industrialhemp/docs/IH-Harvest-Report.pdf
Destruction Plan Form
https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/plant/industrialhemp/docs/IH-Destruction-Plan.pdf
For more information and input, please join the industrial hemp round table discussion:
Date: July 31, 2019
Time: 1:30 P.M. - 3:30 P.M.
Location: Stanislaus County Agricultural Center
3800 Cornucopia Way
Harvest Hall, Rooms ABC
Modesto, CA 95358
