INTERVIEW: Maximiliano Baranoff is Director of Innovation & New Businesses at Argentina-based IHS Grupo, where he leads strategic initiatives across seed development, varietal validation, industrial hemp value chain design, and […]
Where scale begins: ‘If growers can access reliable genetics, the industry accelerates’ Read More »
Brazil’s health regulator has finally approved regulations that begin to turn years of legal pressure and policy delay into a working framework for hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD) in the country. The
Brazilian health regulator finally approves rules that open a path to medical CBD Read More »
Brazil’s health regulator has launched a technical consultation to gather scientific evidence on industrial hemp cultivation, offering a limited but notable sign of regulatory motion after several years of repeated
Brazil regulator reopens stalled hemp rulemaking with new scientific evidence call Read More »
Brazil’s Superior Court of Justice (STJ) has once again extended the timeline for long-awaited hemp regulations, granting the federal government and health agency Anvisa until next spring to finalize rules
Hemp cultivation in Brazil delayed again as government cites rulemaking complexity Read More »
Brazil’s leading agricultural research institution, Embrapa, is urging regulators to raise the national THC limit for hemp from 0.3% to 1.0% — a shift it says is essential if Brazil
Brazilian research agency says 1.0% THC level for hemp is necessary to be competitive Read More »
Hemp hit another roadblock in Brazil this week, as the National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) asked the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) for an additional six months to decide whether
Brazil hemp ruling delayed again as health agency puts off decision on cultivation Read More »
Brazil’s fast-growing $40-million medical-only CBD market has entered a new phase: aggressive price cuts that are reshaping competition among leading producers. Prati-Donaduzzi, one of Brazil’s largest pharmaceutical manufacturers based in
Brazil’s CBD price war, a boon for patients, signals maturing medical market Read More »
Fearing the Brazilian government may restrict hemp cultivation to tightly controlled pharmaceutical production, stakeholders are warning of the consequences ahead of a September 30 court-ordered deadline to establish national regulations.
Stakeholders fear Brazil hemp rules may be restricted as Sept. 30 deadline nears Read More »
Peru’s Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri) has opened a 90-day public consultation on draft regulations to implement Law No. 32195, the framework for industrial hemp adopted late last
Peru opens draft hemp rules for consultation as industry eyes long-awaited start Read More »
A new method developed by Colombian researchers could mark a turning point for companies making hemp-derived cannabinoid products, offering a faster, scalable way to eliminate THC while preserving CBD and
THC-free extraction breakthrough could spur product development in hemp cannabinoids Read More »
