On this edition of Century: Hemp in the Keystone State. Federal law

regarding hemp was changed recently and the hemp and hemp-derived

products industry is in turmoil. There has been a backlash against

those changes from the public, the industry, and some members of

Congress. On January 15, the Center for Rural Pennsylvania held a

Public Hearing entitled the 2018 Farm Bill: An Update on the Hemp

Industry. We hear portions of that event including presentations by

Beau Whitney, Chief Economist at Whitney Economics; Tyler Shannon,

owner of the Shannon Family Farm in Adams County, Pennsylvania; and

Cynthia Petrone-Hudock, Co-Chair of the Pennsylvania Hemp Steering

Committee and Owner of Hemp Alternative.