The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has added a bit more clarity to the hemp markets with a weekly report covering prices and imports. The reports, to be issued each …
USDA weekly hemp reports aim to add much-needed market insight Read More »
South Dakota has leaped into second place as a grower of industrial hemp, increasing plantings while most states across the U.S. trimmed their fields last year, according to analysis by …
South Dakota was No. 2 grower in 2022, state hemp association says Read More »
Swedish hemp company Ekolution AB is supplying insulation panels filled with hemp fiber in what the company says is the “world’s largest” construction project of its kind using hemp building …
Sweden’s Ekolution supplies insulation for ‘world’s largest’ hemp project Read More »
The Ecuadorian government has greenlighted the country’s first hemp crop under a cooperative initiative among two companies and the Latin-American Industrial Hemp Association (LAIHA). LAIHA member Green and Growth, Quito, …
Hemp initiative in Ecuador is first to focus on fiber and food Read More »
Idaho-based Hempitecture has opened a production facility to turn out hemp-based nonwoven material. The Sun Valley-based company said the 33,000-sq. ft. factory will make a wide range of products including …
Researchers in Texas have embarked on an ambitious project to develop hemp varieties for dual cropping of fiber and grain that can thrive in the state’s climate conditions. Ten to …
Texas researchers say they’ll have new hemp varieties ready by 2024 Read More »
By Steve Allin When I first got involved with attempting to set up an industrial hemp industry in Ireland I spent a lot of time with my colleague Terry Barman …
Large quantities, fast methods needed for hempcrete to meet promise in housing Read More »
A Pennsylvania company said it plans to invest $10.9 million in a new hemp fiber processing facility in North Carolina. BIOPHIL Natural Fibers, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, said the facility, to be …
Pennsylvania company says it will invest $10.9 million in North Carolina fiber factory Read More »
German and French researchers are studying new ways to extract cellulose from waste hemp fibers to make aerogels, high-tech materials that have a wide range of industrial uses. While aerogels …
European researchers probing hemp cellulose for use in high-tech gels Read More »
Farming hemp could help to overcome the devastating effect years of pesticide spraying has brought to Florida’s declining citrus industry, according to a Tarpon Springs-based company that is developing a …
Florida company has a hemp plan to save the state’s troubled citrus orchards Read More »
