PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — Industrial hemp would be covered by state grain-warehouse and grain-buyer laws if it becomes legal in South Dakota, a state Public Utilities Commission spokeswoman said Friday.

Arable farmers are being urged to prepare grain stores well in advance to avoid being caught out by the trend towards ever earlier harvests, a shift many are calling ‘the new normal’.

Wivokil, a grain protector, has been lauded for the immense impact it is making in helping reduce post-harvest losses, one problem that has been troubling Malawian farmers so hard over the past years.

New legislation an Iowa Senate panel advanced Wednesday would increase the size of a farmer-protection fund and expand the types of grain sales that it covers. Senate Study Bill 3174 would double the ...