Industrial Hemp Program

Missouri’s Industrial Hemp Law

The Missouri Department of Agriculture’s Industrial Hemp Program regulates the production and sales of viable industrial hemp in accordance with the federal and state law. The Program reviews applications for persons interested in producing, selling, distributing or offering for sale viable industrial hemp in Missouri. The Program cooperates with the Missouri State Highway Patrol, USDA and other state and federal agencies in the administration of the Missouri Industrial Hemp Law. The Program also administers the Certified Industrial Hemp Sampler program certifying persons for the collection of compliance sampling for laboratory analysis.

On Oct. 31, 2019, the United States Department of Agriculture published an Interim Final Rule, which established the federal regulatory framework for industrial hemp growth in the United States. The guidance from USDA further provided states the opportunity to operate without an approved state plan for one year as an extension. Missouri will operate under the extension and, as a result, will not submit an official state plan to USDA for the 2020 growing season. Missouri’s Industrial Hemp Program will operate under the authority granted by Missouri Senate Bill 133 and an extension of the 2014 Farm Bill. The full federal rule text is available from USDA’s website here and was open for public comment Nov. 1 – Jan. 29, 2020.

• Industrial Hemp Program Rules
• Approved Operations

Industrial Hemp Timeline

Dates are subject to change.

Outreach Meetings

Missouri Industrial Hemp Program staff has presented at over thirty public events across the state since Fall 2019. There are no additional presentations scheduled at this time. The following link is a PDF document of the most recent presentation.

• MO Industrial Hemp Program Outreach March 17, 2020