Urges and requests the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, in collaboration with the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center and Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center, to study the feasibility of promoting the growth, production, and use of organic produce in this state
Creates the Industrial Hemp Promotion and Research Program (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Provides relative to specialty licenses for the production of medical marijuana and the Jefferson Parish Economic Development Commission (OR INCREASE LF RV See Note)
Authorizes certain universities to conduct research and testing of state-regulated industrial hemp, CBD, and medical marijuana products (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Creates and provides for the Dairy Stabilization Study Commission. (8/1/18)
Revises membership of the board which manages the Research Park Corporation
Creates the Louisiana Agricultural Field Burning Task Force to study alternatives to field burning and the adequacy of existing regulations
Creates the Louisiana Equine Promotion and Research Program. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)