Farm bill passage with hemp pilot program was likely no surprise to market. The hemp provision had bi-partisan support all the while, and passage was expected. It's a first step in US industrial hemp cultivation. Cultivation is allowed only in certain states through the universities or state departments of agriculture for applied research purposes, and there are a number of tight controls in the bill. The "gentlemen" at HEMP milked the unsurprising result, a first step, for all it was worth and more.