USDA Report Shows Major Decline For Hemp Industry In 2022, With Stakeholders Blaming FDA ‘Inaction’ On CBD
USDA’s National Hemp Report shows significant losses
The hemp industry took a major plunge in 2022, a new report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) shows, and stakeholders say the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) refusal to issue regulations for CBD products is largely to blame.
USDA’s National Hemp Report shows significant losses in the value and cultivation of the non-intoxicating cannabis crop across every metric that it analyzed for 2022.
Last year, “the value of hemp production in the open and under protection for the United States totaled $238 million, down 71 percent from 2021,” the report says.
The National Hemp Report is available. The value of U.S. industrial hemp totaled $238 million, down 71 percent from 2021. See more stats on acreage, yield, production, price, and value of hemp in the United States. https://t.co/QHr7VrvohN pic.twitter.com/aLZZLyyNNa
— National Agricultural Statistics Service (@usda_nass) April 19, 2023
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