Industrial hemp `held back by inaction'

By Georgie Burgess
Updated July 25 2014 - 11:13pm, first published 11:04pm
Bishopsbourne farmer Phil Reader with Deloraine farmers Pip and Tim Schmidt, who says the federal government's slow action on changing the law is holding back the hemp industry. Picture: PHILLIP BIGGS
Bishopsbourne farmer Phil Reader with Deloraine farmers Pip and Tim Schmidt, who says the federal government's slow action on changing the law is holding back the hemp industry. Picture: PHILLIP BIGGS

INDUSTRIAL hemp will soon be able to be grown more easily in the state, with the government announcing action to simplify regulation.

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