^Hey again User,
I know the article was for 'Down Under', but could only get limited info without calling the NSW DPI to get "The Manual". HaHa, it obviously contains all of the sampling data, test requirements and such.
This site does have most of the requirement for Canada, and it looks like anything else regulated by the Feds, its cost to the grower can be substantial. Basically they start with annual license and criminal checks, then you have to hire an Approved Hemp Sampler who's duties are to collect the samples, dry them, and then submit the labeled samples to an independent Approved Laboratory for Delta 9 testing and certification that it is below .3%, all submitted on appropriate state forms of course.
You have to do this every year with renewal, but if an entity suspects something, they can make you do it all over again for proof. Not having any hard prices, its not difficult to see that using these two vendors along with license fees only grows as your crop area increases.
Wow, not as easy as lets start sticking seeds in the dirt every 6" to grow as many 16' tall hemp plants as possible is it. That could get really expensive just to prove your not criminal, and you haven't harvested anything yet.
They just need to legalize the whole shooting match, IH & Ganja..poof, all goes away.
Crops | Hemp | Licensing of Industrial Hemp | Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives | Province of Manitoba