Thank you for the opportunity to provide input to this important event. I have an educational platform, Colorado Industrial Hemp Coalition, which I have administered since 2012. My question comes from my daily interaction with farmers. Under what parameters will USDA consider hemp just another agricultural crop and advise removal of the exorbitant fees and restrictions which some farmers face at the present time? Will there be any defined regulations above and beyond the state level regs which are presently in place?

Thank you.

Caren Kershner