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Wisconsin Eye to broadcast Oct. 10 Hemp bill press conference and hearing live

October 9, 2017 Gary Storck Leave a comment Edit

(Updated 10/09/2017 4:47:49 PM) Both a pre-hearing press conference from Hemp Bill sponsors Rep. Jesse Kremer (R-Kewaskum) and Sen. Patrick Testin (R-Stevens Point) and the public hearing itself are scheduled to be broadcast Live on WisconsinEye on Tuesday, October 10, 2017. WisconsinEye can also be viewed on Spectrum channels 995 and 363.

Source: WisconsinEye

The press conference is set for 9:15am in the Assembly Parlor on the second floor, with the Committee on Agriculture, Small Business and Tourism hearing in 411 South on the fourth floor at the Capitol beginning at 10:02am.

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Rep. Kremer and Sen. Testin to Hold Press Conference before Hearing on Hemp Bill

Experts will join legislators in support of the Farm Freedom Act

Madison, WI – Representative Jesse Kremer (R-Kewaskum) and Senator Patrick Testin (R-Stevens Point) will host a press conference from 9:15-9:45 A.M. on Tuesday, October 10th in the Assembly Parlor to discuss the Farm Freedom Act (SB 119), a bill they have authored that would once again allow Wisconsin farmers to cultivate hemp.

Joining them will be several experts, including Jim Holte, the President of the Wisconsin Farm Bureau; Katie Moyer, a hemp farmer from Kentucky; Ken Anderson, the founder of Legacy Hemp LLC – the country’s first producer of AOSCA certified hemp; Dr. Paul Mahlberg, a professor emeritus of botany from the University of Indiana; and Kara O’Connor representing the Wisconsin Farmers Union.

When: 9:15-9:45 A.M. on Tuesday, October 10th

Where: The Assembly Parlor

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The historic public hearing, the first in many years, comes with a lot of hope for the prospects for restoration of the Wisconsin Hemp Industry, which produced its last plants in the 1957-58 season. The Republican-sponsored bills have broad bipartisan support, and 7 of 9 members of the Committee on Agriculture, Small Business and Tourism holding the hearing have signed on to the bill.