Kansas Administrative Regulations
Agency 4 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Article 34 - INDUSTRIAL HEMP
Section 4-34-6 - Research grower license
Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 52, December 26, 2024
(a) In addition to the requirements of K.A.R. 4-34-5, each individual who is issued a research grower license by the department shall meet the following requirements:
(b) The primary licensee on each research grower license shall have a primary residence in Kansas.
(c) Any licensed research grower may cultivate, plant, grow, handle, harvest, condition, store, distribute, or transport industrial hemp plants, plant parts, grain, or seeds pursuant to the license issued by the department.
(d) A licensed research grower shall not handle, harvest, condition, store, distribute, transport, or process industrial hemp plants, plant parts, grain, or seeds cultivated, planted, or grown by another licensee without first obtaining any required license issued by the department.
(e) A licensed research grower shall not cultivate, plant, grow, handle, or harvest more than 80 acres in a licensed research section under one license in calendar year 2019 and shall not cultivate, plant, grow, handle, or harvest more than 320 acres in a licensed research section under one license in calendar year 2020. Each primary licensee on a research grower license who wants to cultivate, plant, grow, handle, or harvest more than the authorized acres in a licensed research section in any calendar year shall obtain an additional research grower license and pay all required application fees and license fees for the additional acreage.
(f) Each licensed research grower that cultivates, plants, grows, handles, harvests, conditions, stores, or transports industrial hemp plants or seeds that were obtained from outside Kansas shall maintain a bill of lading or other documentation that identifies the source of the industrial hemp plants or seeds to demonstrate that the industrial hemp plants or seeds were legally imported into Kansas.