THC increase will loosen up farm supports for European growers
An increase in the THC level for industrial hemp crops to 0.3% will ease the path to EU agricultural support programs for European farmers beginning…
Farming
Hemp probed to clean land in South Africa’s toxic gold mining areas
A South African researcher is looking into the potential of hemp farming to clean the soil in abandoned, highly-polluted former gold mining areas, and how…
Grant backs German carbon-tracking startup as it enters fundraising
German startup HempConnect is entering an initial fundraising campaign as it continues to develop a suite of advanced Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) tools that collect…
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…
Germany’s ‘traffic light coalition’ could signal ‘sustainable industrial evolution’
Germany’s Federal Association for Sustainability (BVNG) has called for a “sustainable industrial evolution” that fully exploits hemp, and is urging agreement among parties now forming…
New standard sets method for identifying seed that’s likely to spoil
International standards group ASTM has established a method and guidelines for fast on-site quality assessment of hempseed. The standards are geared toward those who store…
Approval of Idaho hemp plan means planting can start in 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved Idaho’s state hemp plan, opening the way for planting next spring. USDA approval means the state has…
Prices for key hemp derivatives enter another slide, Canxchange reports
After a period during which prices stabilized, discounting has resumed in the isolates subsector, according to the Q4 2021 Benchmark Report from commodities trading platform…
Pennsylvania opens 2022 licensing amid signals of shift to fiber
A total of 426 hemp growing permits were issued in Pennsylvania in 2021, down from 510 last year, agriculture officials reported as they recently opened…
