The 2018 Farm Bill, which was passed by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump today, is a large, multifaceted piece of legislation outlining regulations on everything from food stamps to environmental land use. Renewed roughly every five years, the farm bill sets policies and reauthorizes farm, nutrition, rural development, conservation, agricultural trade, and other programs.

Notably, the 2018 legislation will also remove industrial hemp from the Controlled Substances Act, which would legalize industrial hemp production, including the plants used to produce cannabidiol (CBD oil). Industrial hemp is defined as