Robert “Bob” Pearce, a University of Kentucky agronomist who led the state’s industrial hemp research program, has died at age 60. Pearce was an extension professor and director of hemp
Bob Pearce advanced hemp agronomy with practical research and a farmer’s perspective Read More »
Canada’s leading trade group has urged health officials to raise the country’s THC limit for industrial hemp to 1.0%, eliminate most licensing requirements and open broader markets for hemp flowers
Canadian hemp industry presses regulators for 1% THC limit, other sweeping reforms Read More »
New Zealand has entered a new era for hemp production, with sweeping reforms that eliminate licensing and raise the legal THC threshold to 1.0% – ending two decades of regulation
20 years later, New Zealand scraps licensing and sets THC limit for hemp at 1.0% Read More »
A new review of dozens of studies concludes that hemp-derived feed ingredients can increase omega-3 fatty acids and other beneficial polyunsaturated fats in meat, eggs and dairy products without negatively
Global review strengthens case for hemp feed, with benefits for meat, eggs and dairy Read More »
Italy’s industrial hemp sector is showing signs of life after years of contraction, with momentum emerging in food seed and green-building materials, according to a recent analysis. The shift suggests
Italian hemp sector shifts toward food and fiber as industrial markets regain focus Read More »
A European Parliament committee has backed language that would extend farm supports to growers producing hemp flowers – just as Europe’s tightening CBD rules are squeezing the market that made
EU committee approves farm supports for hemp flowers – just as CBD market contracts Read More »
France has rapidly emerged as a major exporter of industrial hemp raw materials after decades in which most production stayed inside the country, according to a new sector overview from
France emerges as Europe’s dominant exporter of industrial hemp raw materials Read More »
Moldova has approved a long-awaited regulation governing the authorization, cultivation, monitoring and processing of industrial hemp for the production of seeds and fiber. Flowers remain subject to Moldova’s narcotics controls,
Moldova sets hemp framework to rebuild fiber and seed value chains, boost innovation Read More »
The long-delayed U.S. Farm Bill is finally moving, but the version passed last week does little more than adapt to a hemp reset already underway after Congress moved last November
Farm Bill draft eases some rules, imposes others on hemp fiber and grain, squeezes CBD Read More »
If things go according to plan, and the intoxicating hemp market rightfully gets pushed over a cliff later this year, hemp could be stripped down to the nubbins, in a
USDA report shows only small ‘true hemp’ core left if ban on intoxicants takes down CBD Read More »
