{"id":3799,"date":"2019-11-20T16:35:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T21:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/oregon-senators-urge-changes-to-usda-hemp-rules\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:07:16","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:07:16","slug":"oregon-senators-urge-changes-to-usda-hemp-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/oregon-senators-urge-changes-to-usda-hemp-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Oregon senators urge changes to USDA hemp rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON (KTVZ) &#8212; Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., as authors of the legislation that legalized hemp production nationwide, on Wednesday asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture to make several changes as it develops its final rule for the U.S. Domestic Hemp Production Program.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Wyden y Merkley, en una carta al secretario del USDA, Sonny Perdue, dieron la bienvenida a la norma provisional publicada recientemente por la agencia como un paso necesario para establecer un programa nacional de producci\u00f3n federal de c\u00e1\u00f1amo, pero mencionaron preocupaciones sobre los efectos no deseados y potencialmente da\u00f1inos que la norma tendr\u00eda sobre producci\u00f3n de c\u00e1\u00f1amo en Oreg\u00f3n y en todo el pa\u00eds.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inline-ad-dynamic-1\" class=\"entry__inline-ad\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-6\" class=\"div-gpt-ad\" data-google-query-id=\"CNCbxqP0l-YCFZY2hwodqhAEog\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/6123\/ktvz_5__container__\"><iframe frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/tpc.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-36\/html\/container.html\" id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/6123\/ktvz_5\" title=\"contenido de anuncios de terceros\" name=\"\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" width=\"2\" height=\"1\" data-is-safeframe=\"true\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-pointer-lock allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-google-container-id=\"2\" data-load-complete=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;We appreciate USDA&rsquo;s commitment to hemp producers across the United States, and are pleased by your efforts to grow and support domestic hemp production. Farmers in Oregon and across the country are on the precipice of an agricultural boom that, with the right regulatory framework, stands to boost rural economies in every corner of the country,&rdquo;&nbsp;the senators wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Con base en los comentarios de los agricultores, investigadores y reguladores de Oreg\u00f3n, Wyden y Merkley solicitaron que el USDA:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Seguir el modelo de Oreg\u00f3n y ampliar el plazo para las pruebas antes de la cosecha a un plazo m\u00e1s realista, y proporcionar un plazo razonable para las pruebas posteriores a la cosecha, citando preocupaciones de que el requisito propuesto de 15 d\u00edas ser\u00e1 un obst\u00e1culo imposible de superar para los productores;<\/li>\n<li>Eliminar el requisito de que los laboratorios de prueba deben estar registrados en la Administraci\u00f3n de Control de Drogas (DEA), ya que el c\u00e1\u00f1amo es un producto legal y no est\u00e1 sujeto a la DEA, y dichos requisitos tambi\u00e9n causar\u00edan demoras innecesarias;<\/li>\n<li>Allow testing for delta-9 THC using methods that&nbsp;do not&nbsp;involve the application of heat or decarboxylation, and to remove all requirements for converting THCA into THC, as the 2018 Farm Bill allows for flexibility in testing methods by allowing &ldquo;other similarly reliable methods&rdquo;;<\/li>\n<li>Siga el protocolo de muestreo previo a la cosecha de Oreg\u00f3n de que &quot;se debe obtener una muestra de las puntas florecientes cuando las puntas florecientes est\u00e1n presentes, y debe tener aproximadamente 8 pulgadas de largo&quot;, en lugar de requerir una muestra de la flor o capullo ubicado en el tercio superior. de la planta;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Set a negligence threshold greater than 1% for THC content&mdash;if one must be set&mdash;as the interim rule&rsquo;s current threshold at 0.5% is arbitrary and far too low: A reasonably prudent hemp producer could take the necessary steps and precautions to produce hemp&mdash;such as using certified seed, using seed that has reliable grown complaint plants in other parts of the country, and engaging in other best practices&mdash;yet still produce hemp plants that exceed this 0.5% THC concentration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Se puede encontrar una copia de la carta completa.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyden.senate.gov\/download\/112019-wyden-merkley-usda-hemp-rule-feedback\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON (KTVZ) &#8212; Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., as authors of the legislation that legalized hemp production nationwide, on Wednesday asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture to make several changes as it develops its final rule for the U.S. Domestic Hemp Production Program.&nbsp; Wyden and Merkley, in a letter to USDA Secretary Sonny [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-the-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Oregon senators urge changes to USDA hemp rules - Merkley<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/oregon-senators-urge-changes-to-usda-hemp-rules\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Oregon senators urge changes to USDA hemp rules - Merkley\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WASHINGTON (KTVZ) &#8212; Sens. 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