Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection

​Beginning January 1, 2022, the DATCP hemp program is discontinued. This webpage is for informational purposes only and is not regularly updated.

​Beginning January 1, 2022, Wisconsin hemp growers are licensed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

If you had a hemp-related annual registration from DATCP in any year from 2018-21, you are required by state law (Wis. Admin. Code ch. ATCP 22) to keep the following records for three (3) years:

• Total acres or square footage of hemp
  
• Hemp source
  
• Hemp variety
• Final disposition and destination of hemp
  
• ​Quantity harvested, including weight and volume
  
• Total acres or square footage destroyed
  
• Quantity sold
  
• Name and address of processor(s) where hemp was sent for processing
  
• If the hemp was not processed, a description of the process that was used to destroy or dispose of the hemp
  
• Copy of the fit for commerce certificate for each lot of hemp
  
• DATCP retains the authority to request copies of these records from you
  
  

Resources

• U.S. Domestic Hemp Production Program | (USDA Hemp Program)
• DATCP Consumer Protection
• DATCP Food, Dairy, and Retail Food Licenses​
• ​​DATCP Seed Labeling
• DATCP Weights and Measures
  
• University of Wisconsin-Madison, Extension: Hemp
  
• ​University of Illinois Extension: Midwestern Cannabinoid Hemp Database