Ohio Department of Agriculture to plant its first hemp for research

Various types of hemp are being grown at the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences facility in Homestead, on June 13, 2019. MUST CREDIT: Photo for The Washington Post by Scott McIntyre

Various types of hemp are being grown at the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences facility in Homestead, on June 13, 2019. MUST CREDIT: Photo for The Washington Post by Scott McIntyre
Ohio News
By Breaking News Staff
Aug 1, 2019
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The Ohio Department of Agriculture will plant its first hemp plants for research today at its facility in Reynoldsburg.

>>Area college to start researching hemp if DeWine signs bill into law

The ODA was directed to begin hemp research after Governor DeWine signed Senate Bill 57 into law, decriminalizing hemp and licensing its cultivation.

These first plants will be placed in the ground by ODA Director Dorothy Pelanda along with Hemp Program Executive Director David Miran and Division of Plant Health Chief Dan Kenny.

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