I have two questions I'd like for you to address:

1) Is a background check going to be mandatory for a cultivation license through the USDA Farm Bill, pertaining to hemp? And, if so, why are we only concerned with people with a previous "controlled substance" charge? This seems unconstitutional and wrong. Can you explain? 

2) What are the options for the plants that go over 0.3% thc? I believe we should still be using this plant material, although not for human or animal consumption. We should still be able to turn these plants into hempcrete, plastics, bio fuels, clothing, animal bedding, ect. It's not fair to a farmer coming onto a new market (as we all are) and have to chance losing everything. These genetics are so new, and unstable. I believe we should have a small leeway, such as up to 2% thc can be processed into another commodity not for human or animal consumption. 

I believe we need to treat growing hemp just like we do growing corn or beans. I realize with the stance on marijuana currently we have a perimeter to be worried about, but I believe we are close to de-classifying marijuana all together, then the thc% won't matter. Just like in the olden days. There will be hemp for medicinal use (which will include hemp, and what we know to be marijuana) and industrial use. Before hemp and marijuana was made illegal, there was no difference. Marijuana is a made-up name to make it sound Mexican, which I'm sure you know, is wrong. We need to get back to it's all cannabis, just different concentrations of cannabinoids. I'm sure you know this too, but, before it was made illegal, if you were a farmer, a percentage of your land had to be cultivated hemp - this is how you would pay your taxes to the government. 

We need to open up this opportunity to our American farmers with the least restrictions possible.  

I've attached a copy of the OAR Bill, which is a bill I've been sharing with lawmakers of Ohio. Feel free to look at and use any of it. It is best practices from eight different states pertaining to hemp.  
Please contact me with any questions, or your answers.

Thank you,

Julie Doran
Meigs Fertilizer