Use as chicken feed called milestone for hemp production

By Ron Burtz on Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Hemp seed meal is high in Omega 3, 6 fatty acids
 

  • A decision made last summer to allow the use of hemp seed meal as an additive to chicken feed could give a boost to the production of hemp as a rotational crop in Nebraska. That’s according to Andrew Bish of Giltner, who currently serves as president of the Hemp Feed Coalition.
    A decision made last summer to allow the use of hemp seed meal as an additive to chicken feed could give a boost to the production of hemp as a rotational crop in Nebraska. That’s according to Andrew Bish of Giltner, who currently serves as president of the Hemp Feed Coalition.

    A decision made last summer in Texas could have big implications for the production of hemp as a rotational crop in Nebraska. The Hemp Feed Coalition (HFC), which is a non-profit organization dedicated to obtaining federal approval for the use of hemp grain products in animal feed, received tentative approval of hemp seed meal for laying hens at the Association of American Feed Control Officials (…