Italy’s heritage industrial hemp varieties recorded germination rates in 2025 well above the EU’s minimum requirements, easing concerns over the cultivars meeting certified seed standards. Official 2025 seed production data […]
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Washington’s latest moves on hemp-derived CBD show just how unresolved U.S. cannabinoid policy remains. In recent weeks, the federal government has advanced actions that point in opposite directions, each resting
Washington still hasn’t decided what CBD is, as markets linger in legal uncertainty Read More »
INTERVIEW: Bernard Thomson is executive officer of the Australian Hemp Council, where he works to build robust hemp value chains and promote sustainable cultivation and processing standards across Australia. He
Europe’s key hemp stakeholder group says existing EU rules for cannabinoids give national authorities the legal basis to tamp down a growing trade in intoxicating substances derived from hemp. A
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Thailand’s hemp sector appears to be quietly approaching its end, not because the crop failed, but because the industry was never taken seriously. The political retreat from cannabis now underway
Promise of hemp in Thailand headed for collapse under politics and regulatory retreat Read More »
The drumbeat has started as U.S. stakeholders and lawmakers push back in the wake of a ban on intoxicating hemp products set to take effect at the end of this
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At a time when much of the conversation still revolves around potential, a New York engineering school is organizing its hemp building materials development around a basic question: can the
Ghana’s proposed hemp framework, made public late last year, raises basic questions about what policymakers are trying to achieve, given a fee structure that is wildly out of step with
Sky-high license fees proposed in Ghana’s draft hemp rules threaten to choke sector Read More »
INTERVIEW: Jacek Kramarz was recently named president of the European Industrial Hemp Association (EIHA). He is vice president of Poland-based Green Lanes SA, a publicly listed European group focused on
European hemp association will shift from ‘regulatory defense’ to pushing for growth Read More »
A Miami-based “global hemp company” is a plaintiff in a lawsuit alleging a conspiracy involving criminal wire fraud, embezzlement and money laundering against four cannabis executives. The company, LGNDS, joined
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