Market saturation for CBD hemp affected Minnesota farmers in 2019, but they adapted by shifting toward grain, fiber and CBG in 2020. https://www.hempgrower.com/article/what-is-cbd-future-in-hemp-cultivation/
No part of the global economy has escaped the COVID-19 pandemic, which has claimed more than 2.5 million lives around the world and sickened countless more. But few industries were in the kind of infancy the hemp industry was in when the World Health Organization declared the virus a global pandemic on March 11, 2020.
Outdoor hemp and marijuana growers are getting ready to get their crops in the ground in the coming weeks, but before they sow seeds or plant clones or seedlings, it’s important to get a good start with proper soil testing, conditioning and preparation.
The nationwide hemp rules are taking effect March 22 as planned, with no additional delay or review because of the changed administration at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Hemp and CBD companies have been working with American Indian tribes since the 2018 Farm Bill created a legal pathway for tribes to produce hemp and commercial outlets for selling it.