Agricultural CommissionerComm.

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.

County Ordinance C.S. 1240

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

An industrial hemp round table discussion was held on July 31, 2019 at the Stanislaus County Agricultural Center.

July 31, 2019 Industrial Hemp Meeting Presentation