Kentucky farmers seek $69 million in suit charging RICO violations
A group of Kentucky farmers have filed a $69 million class action lawsuit in U.S. federal courts, alleging a processor who contracted to buy their…
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U.S. farmers & processors ‘feeling pinch’ as growth of market slows
INTERVIEW: Rick Trojan is an American hemp entrepreneur and the founder of Hemp Road Trip, which promotes industrial hemp all over the world. He serves…
Hemp programs approved for U.S. states of Georgia, Iowa
Two traditional agriculture states in the USA have had their hemp programs approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The southeastern state of Georgia,…
Two hemp veterans named to key EU focus group on agriculture
Two European hemp veterans have been chosen to serve as experts on the European Commission’s Focus Group on Sustainable Industrial Crops in Europe. Daniel Kruse,…
U.S. state will manage hemp program via blockchain platform
A company in the U.S. state of Vermont has opened a blockchain-based platform for hemp buyers and sellers, aiming to smooth the process of secure…
CAP reforms can boost EU hemp farmers, but who’ll get the money?
If the European Industrial Hemp Association (EIHA) is successful in its efforts to raise the allowable THC level in hemp crops from 0.2% to 0.3%…
U.S. hemp group calls GenCanna ‘fraud corporation’ in wake of bankruptcy
Kentucky’s leading industrial hemp trade group has called U.S. hemp giant GenCanna “a fraud corporation,” after learning of the company’s bankruptcy filing last week. GenCanna…
U.S. farm group urges 1% THC limit, longer harvest period
One of the largest farm organizations in the USA has called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to raise the allowable level of THC…
With 40% of hemp testing ‘hot,’ Arizona losses pegged at $13.4 million
More than 40% of hemp from fields in the U.S. state of Arizona that were tested for THC content proved to be over the legal…
How hemp can lead a polar shift to heal Earth’s atmosphere
By Paul J. von Hartmann “For a long time I have been concerned with . . . how our main economic measures failed to take…