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Welcome to SDIHA Governor Vetoes HB1209 a bill to increase hemp processing Check out SDHIAx27s statement on the veto of HB1209 USDAs NASS to Conduct Hemp survey USDAs National Agricultural Statistics Service NASSwill send the 2022 Hemp Production and Disposition Inquiry to South Dakota producers on January 19. This follows a similar timeline used by NASS for the 2021 Hemp Acreage and Production Survey. Likethe 2021 questionnaire this years survey will collect information on the total planted and harvestedarea yield production and value of hemp in the United States in 2022. NASS estimated the total value of hemp production nationally at 824 million in 2021.