CSU to plant hemp seeds, begin hemp research

Collegian Central
According to Mark Wdowick, assistant vice president for CSU’s Research and Industry Partnerships, the University is considering hemp cultivation studies, and plans to plant hemp seeds in the summer of 2015.

CSU plans to collaborate with CU and the Colorado Department of Agriculture (CDA) for the hemp research. The Colorado Research for Novel Translational Applications, or CoHeReNT will oversee this research.
http://www.collegian.com/2015/01/csus-hemp-research-has-collaborative-beginnings/109390/

CSU sets legal framework for hemp studies

Cortez Journal
“We’ve made major progress,” said Steiner. “We’ve done a lot of work with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the CSU Office of General Counsel to create the legal framework to be able to do research with industrial hemp, and this spring after the frost is gone, we’re going to have research plots with industrial hemp – one in at the station north of Fort Collins and one here at Yellow Jacket.”
http://www.cortezjournal.com/article/20150126/News04/150129899/CSU-sets-legal-framework-for-hemp-studies-

CSU location approved to begin testing hemp

The Durango Herald

Amber waves of hemp in Southwest Colorado have not materialized since production was legalized under Amendment 64 in 2012.

But the state’s 158 registered hemp growers have managed to plant about 1,000 acres and will now get research help from Colorado State University. Sharing of campus seed stock has legal hurdles, however.

This summer, CSU was approved for field testing of hemp by the Colorado Department of Agriculture under a historic provision in the 2014 Farm Bill.

And its Southwest Colorado research center in Yellow Jacket expects to participate.

http://www.durangoherald.com/article/20141001/NEWS06/141009972/-1/s