Wisconsin Governor Urges US Lawmakers to Buckle Down on Hemp Fix
Evers said the new definition of hemp threatens “legitimate hemp businesses and producers”
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers is once again calling on his state’s delegation in the U.S. Congress to work toward averting the federal government’s forthcoming ban on intoxicating hemp products.
The Democratic governor sent a letter July 21 to Wisconsin’s two U.S. senators and eight U.S. House representatives, asking them to help push the 2026 Farm Bill across the finish line with a revision for the definition of hemp “to prevent mass disruption” of the state’s industry.
Evers sent a similar letter in February to the seven Republicans and three Democrats who make up his state’s delegation in Washington after Congress passed an appropriations package in November 2025 that included language to close a loophole in the 2018 Farm Bill by redefining hemp as containing no more than 0.3% total THC (including THCA) or other cannabinoids with similar effects starting on Nov. 12, 2026.
The new definition will also ban hemp-derived products containing more than 0.4 milligrams of total THC per serving, as well as synthetic (delta-8 THC) or unnatural (HHC) cannabinoids.
Evers said this new definition threatens “legitimate hemp businesses and producers” across the Badger State, jeopardizing $700 million in economic impact and nearly 3,500 jobs, citing a Wisconsin State Journal report that backs those numbers. Wisconsin had 470 federally licensed hemp producers as of November, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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