Hemp Program

Highlights

• 2024 Hemp Program Updates

  2024 Hemp Program Updates

  2024 Annual Reporting 
  Hemp Licensees must report all Plantings, Harvests, and Disposals by December 1st of each year. We strongly recommend growers submit reports throughout the year to GDA. Remember, site reporting must be completed BEFORE renewing for 2025. Renewals will open on November 1st.

  FSA Reporting Due July 31, 2024 
  Licensed Hemp Growers are required to provide crop information to the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA). You must obtain your field numbers through your local FSA office by July 31, 2024. Please visit USDA FSA Offices in Georgia if you are unsure how to contact your local FSA office.

• About this Program

  About this Program

  The Georgia Hemp Farming Act was passed in 2019. This Act allows hemp cultivation and processing within the state. Individuals or businesses may obtain a Hemp Grower License or Hemp Processor Permit and are subject to the Georgia Hemp Grower and Processor Rules. License or permit holders must renew every year they wish to grow or process hemp in.

  Upon obtaining a license or permit, holders are subject to additional program requirements including:

  • Sampling and Laboratory Testing
  • Disposal or Remediation of Non-Compliant Hemp
  • Compliance Inspections
  • Farm Service Agency (FSA) Reporting (Growers only)
  • GDA Planting and Site Reporting (Growers only)
  • Other requirements as described in the Act and the documents below

   

• FSA Reporting

  FSA Reporting

  All licensed hemp growers in Georgia must report crop information to the USDA Farm Service Agency (or FSA). The deadline established by FSA for this information is July 31 each year. Please visit https://www.fsa.usda.gov/state-offices/Georgia/index if you are not sure how to contact your local FSA office. You will need your FSA information for the GDA Planting and Site Reporting.

  Below is some basic information that producers need to provide when reporting acreage to FSA:

  • Crop and crop type or variety.
  • Intended use of the crop.
  • Number of acres of the crop.
  • Planting date(s).
  • Planting pattern, when applicable.
  • Producer shares.
  • Irrigation practice(s).
  • Acreage prevented from planting, when applicable.
  • AMS License Number- if not already on file with FSA
  • Other information as required.
• GDA Planting and Site Reporting

  Reporting

  All licensed hemp growers in Georgia must complete planting and annual reporting requirements for each of the grow sites listed on a license. Reporting is required regardless of whether you grew or not that year. If you grew you will need to provide the Farm, Track, Field, and Sub-Field numbers you were assigned by your local USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA).

  All site reporting will be completed on the Department’s Hemp Licensing System. Log in with your email and password. Site reports must contain the following information:

  • Planting
  • Harvesting
  • Disposal and remediation (if applicable)