[20210909]IF11919_大麻作物联邦作物保险.pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov September 9, 2021Federal Crop Insurance for Hemp CropsThe 2018 farm bill (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018; P.L. 115-334) provided a framework to legalize hemp under federal law and facilitate the commercial cultivation, processing, marketing, and sale of hemp and hemp-derived products in the United States. In addition to establishing a regulatory program for production at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the 2018 farm bill provided that hemp producers may be eligible to participate in the Federal Crop Insurance Program (FCIP). Hemp is a nonpsychoactive variety or cultivar of the Cannabis sativa plantthe same species as psychoactive marijuana. Hemp is grown for a range of food ingredients, body products, fibers, textiles, and industrial uses. It is also grown for the extraction of cannabinoids, such as cannabidiol (CBD), used in consumer products. Hemp is defined in statute as the plant and any part of the plant Cannabis sativa, including seeds, derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, and salts of isomers, whether growing or not with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) concentration of not more than 0.3% on a dry wei