U.S. company’s plans would shift hemp balance in Virginia
A Virginia, USA hemp company hopes to rally farmers to grow 1,400 acres of industrial hemp this year to feed a $3.3 million decortication facility….
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Investment could boost Michigan hemp to powerhouse status
The U.S. state of Michigan can be a hemp powerhouse if the sector can attract sufficient investment, the state’s hemp trade association says. With a…
Initiative in Florida envisions processing hemp for textiles
The U.S. state of Florida could be a “market maker” in the hemp textile sector and boost the fortunes of high poverty areas in the…
South Carolina opens licensing
Farmers looking to grow hemp in South Carolina can apply for permits between now and the end of February, the state’s Department of Agriculture announced….
First grower license is granted in U.S. Virgin Islands
The Virgin Islands Industrial Hemp Commission has awarded the U.S. territory’s first commercial hemp grower license and hemp seed distributor permit under a plan approved…
Hemp trials set in Ecuador
Researchers will sow 140 hemp plants in the Ecuadorian provinces of Imbabura and Pichincha as part of the first trials carried out in the country…
U.S. hemp pricing added to exchange
Derivatives marketplace CME Group has added hemp pricing data in DataMine, its self-service online data platform. Hemp Benchmarks, a division of New Leaf Data Services,…
Compliance roadmap is latest application of AI to hemp
A U.S. company has released a blockchain-based digital roadmap for the hemp supply chain. The technology, Hempliance 3.0, tracks chain-of-custody transparency for hemp crops by…
Oregon reverts to pilot program
The Oregon Department of Agriculture has withdrawn the updated state hemp plan it submitted to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) this summer. That means the…
Proposal in USA would lift THC barrier for hemp to full 1.0%
A U.S. senator has proposed an amendment that would raise the allowable THC level for industrial hemp in the USA from 0.3% to a full…