[FOURTH IN A SERIES] INTERVIEW: Dr. Larry Smart, Professor of Horticulture at Cornell University and Director of the hemp breeding and genetics program at Cornell AgriTech, discusses his work advancing […]
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Australia’s industrial hemp sector has been given a rare opportunity to define its future, with the Senate opening a national inquiry that will examine the crop’s role in agriculture, construction,
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Half a million dollars. That’s the scale of ambition left for hemp in Washington today. Democrat Sen. Amy Klobuchar is touting $500,000 set aside in an appropriations bill for hemp
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Industrial hemp’s climate and resource benefits can vary widely, depending on cultivation practices, processing methods, and supply chain design, according to a new U.S.-based report published today. Hemp & Sustainability,
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A major industrial hemp processing facility in north-central Ukraine will soon begin receiving its first harvest after a successful growing season, marking a significant step in the country’s ongoing revival
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A Canadian hemp processing and textile initiative announced with fanfare in 2024 has quietly collapsed just a year later, leaving behind unfulfilled promises of local job creation and Indigenous-led cultivation
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The Canadian Seed Growers’ Association (CSGA) is moving to rewrite the rulebook for industrial hemp, launching a major effort to enable hybrid hemp seed certification and re-evaluate isolation distance requirements
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Ukraine’s top internal security agency has arrested a senior anti-corruption official for allegedly helping his father export hemp seed to Russia in violation of wartime economic bans. According to the
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European lawmakers are pressing the European Commission to adopt an EU-wide definition of industrial hemp that raises the allowable THC level from 0.3% to 0.5%, as they seek to harmonize
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A new study shows that cows can safely consume the plant waste left over from CBD extraction without THC showing up in milk or edible tissue, provided the animals are
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