2022 forecast on tap at BHA
Rory Dyer, sales director at London-based commodities platform Canxchange will give his business outlook for next year at this month’s “Hemp Huddle,” hosted by the British…
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U.S. lobbying group re-brands
The National Industrial Hemp Council is now the National Industrial Hemp Council of America, after the U.S. lobbying group rebranded, redesigning its logo and website,…
German hemp association formed
A national non-profit association to support hemp growers has been formed in Germany. Nutzhanf-Netzwerk e.V. (“Hemp Network”) will promote hemp among German farmers and work…
Free seed initiative set
Oregon crop science company Phylos said it will supply one million free hemp cultivation seeds to black, Native American and other minority farmers through targeted…
Research gaps are focus of study
Additional research needed to advance the hemp industry is the focus of a study currently being conducted through Holland’s Wageningen University. The study, in the…
Indiana CBD facility opens
Indiana-based extractor HempRise has cut the ribbon for an $80 million, 100,000-sq. ft. CBD processing center in Jeffersonville. The company said the location near the Indiana-Kentucky…
HempToday adds media partners
HempToday has added new media partnerships with commodities trading platform CanXchange, carbon-tracking startup HempConnect, and independent German author and photographer Maren Krings. London-based CanXchange facilitates…
Project to look at hemp insulation
Tommy Gibbons, COO of Ketchum, Idaho-based Hempitecture, will use funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for research and development into hemp insulation for…
Alabama opens 2022 licensing
The Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries is now accepting applications for growing and processing industrial hemp next year. Applications will be accepted until Nov….
THC vote in Europe expected
The European Commission has indicated it will likely vote in November on a proposal to set the maximum level for THC in hemp foods at 7.5…
