SIOUX CITY -- Generations after U.S. farmers were first barred from growing hemp, Siouxland-area farmers and horticulture enthusiasts seem to be intrigued by the plant -- a group of about 60 of them gathered at the Sioux City Public Museum for a forum on hemp in Iowa.

The Siouxland Industrial Hemp Forum was presented by the NuHemp Group of Iowa, which bills itself as a consulting agency for future hemp farmers in the state. 

State legislators have begun showing interest in hemp policy, which was sanctioned by the 2018 Farm Bill. A House Agriculture subcommittee last week signed off on legislation creating the Iowa Hemp Act, authorizing the production of hemp under the regulation of Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship. 

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