MINNEAPOLIS — Industrial hemp withstands extreme weather, fixes soils, is starting to see broader feed approval and is helping build bio-based construction options in the upper Midwest. That’s why some are looking to make hemp a bigger part of the current agricultural landscape.

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., is confident that the industrial hemp funding in a Senate-passed appropriations bill will soon pass in the House and start to help build the industrial hemp industry in Minnesota.

Klobuchar secured an amendment in the agriculture funding bill that passed the Senate earlier this month to allocate $1 million for the USDA Cereal Disease Lab located at the University of Minnesota. Included in this funding is $500,000 to establish a new research partnership focused on industrial hemp

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