Agricultural bankers still have some reservations about industrial hemp, even with hemp-friendly language in the 2018 Farm Bill. Chief Operating Officer Mike Semmann with the Wisconsin Banker’s Association says, “Bankers are really telling us to tap the brake here a little bit.”
Semmann tells Brownfield they’re looking at the federal rules and the 2018 Farm Bill language, and also what Wisconsin has already done during its one-year-old hemp pilot program. Semmann says bankers still have a lot of questions.
Continue reading Bankers have questions, concerns about hemp at Brownfield Ag News.
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