Initiative in Italy aims to develop national hemp processing center
Local officials in west-central Italy say they are progressing with plans to build a sustainable hemp supply chain model that can transform the agriculture of…
Fiber
Polish hemp varieties lead grain and fiber trials in North Dakota
Two Polish hemp varieties were top performers again in this year’s research trials by North Dakota State University’s (NDSU) Carrington Research Extension Center. Henola, which…
Interest in building materials rising fast
[Last in a series of recaps on industry developments in 2021] The market for hemp building materials is still small, but momentum is growing. Hemp…
Hemp fiber valued for its sustainability
[Fourth in a series of recaps on industry developments in 2021] From textiles to plastics to makeup, applications for hemp fiber are quickly multiplying as…
Funding will let New Zealand fiber venture ‘go farther, faster’
Hemp joint venture New Zealand Natural Fibres (NZNF) has received AUS$1.34 million (€845,000) in funding from the government’s Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) for a…
‘Hemp surging as an environmental alternative to other fibers’
INTERVIEW: A 31-year veteran of the hemp industry, Lawrence Serbin is president of California-based Hemp Traders, which he founded in 1994. He started Cannagrove, a…
European fiber, seed show promise; key derivatives seen bottoming out
Prices and volumes for key hemp derivatives should soon bottom out and begin to pick up over the next year, according to Canxchange, the London-based…
Working her own farm helps keep Cornell hemp researcher grounded
INTERVIEW: Heather Grab is Senior Lecturer at Cornell University’s School of Integrative Plant Science where she teaches and mentors students in the Hemp Science Master’s…
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…
‘The success of hemp for textiles will be linked to the flax industry’
INTERVIEW: Dirk Van Puyvelde is co-owner and technical and innovation manager at the Belgian companies Cretes (CREative TEchnical Solutions), a maker of straw and fiber…
