ALABAMA, USA — Alabama hemp growers, those who process and handle hemp and universities, can apply for an industrial hemp license from the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries.
According to the Alabama Cooperative Extension Service, the cultivation of industrial hemp in Alabama is regulated by a state-run application system. Between October and November, applications for hemp open to current growers and those who want to start growing hemp.
The Alabama Industrial Hemp Research Program Act requires the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries to set up a licensing and inspection program for industrial hemp production.
The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 declassified hemp, but not marijuana, as a schedule I drug and deemed hemp as an agriculture commodity.