Five entrepreneurs are finalists in Asian Hemp Summit’s competition
Five finalists have been named in the Entrepreneur Rewards program of the Asian Hemp Summit, Jan. 31-Feb. 1 in Kathmandu, Nepal. The competition, which honors…
Farming
German engineer rolls out hemp harvester for small, mid-size farms
After four years in development, German entrepreneur Heinrich Wieker is now taking orders for a harvester designed specifically for outdoor hemp fields producing flowers for…
Jersey Hemp gets £2 million boost from private investor group
Private investors including Bernard Fairman of the UK’s Foresight Group venture capital firm, have invested £2 million ($2.68 million) in Jersey Hemp. The partners say…
Keith Jones is new president at Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance
Keith Jones of Taber, Alberta-based Rowland Farms, is the new President of the Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance, CHTA has announced. Jones, who replaces Russ Crawford…
AI monitoring system aims to optimize hemp crops
A Polish start-up has developed the first application in a suite of artificial intelligence (AI) tools dedicated to crop monitoring, yield optimization and management of…
Hemp stakeholders, lawmakers call for flexibility on THC
Hemp stakeholders and lawmakers supporting hemp in the USA have labeled proposed hemp rules from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) as too restrictive,…
Euro association seeks input to strengthen lobbying in Brussels
The European Industrial Hemp Association (EIHA) has added a CBD sector survey to its regular hemp cultivation survey, having for years noted the compound’s “increased…
USA’s GenCanna hit with another lawsuit, this one from farmers
Kentucky-based hemp giant GenCanna Global Inc. has been hit with another lawsuit, this one from disappointed farmers who say they had worked satisfactorily with the…
U.S farmers in Wisconsin fear late tests will mean ‘hot’ crops
The president of a Wisconsin, USA hemp farming cooperative has a solution for problems with “hot” hemp – hemp plants which exceed the 0.3 THC…
First hemp pilot in Zimbabwe: 6 varieties at a prison
The Zimbabwe Industrial Hemp Trust (ZIHT) has put in the southern African nation’s first legal hemp crop after being awarded a first license. ZIHT, based…