Danish firm suffers at hands of Canadian partner
Canada-based CannTrust Holdings Inc. put a hold on product sales and shipments of its cannabis products last week in the wake of questions arising following…
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Hemp rules in USA to be released in August, USDA says
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) said it will introduce federal hemp rules in August, speeding up the release from previous plans to roll…
Hemp agronomist David Williams passes away
David Williams, renowned agronomy professor who advanced dual hemp cropping through extensive research and was instrumental in the resurgence of hemp in the U.S. state…
U.S. hemp self-regulator dropped by payment processor
The U.S. Hemp Authority, a trade group developing certification standards for the industry, has lost payment processing services after being dropped by its vendor, San…
Lawsuit, media campaign hit Facebook over CBD, hemp ads
A U.S. company has filed suit in federal courts against Facebook for rejecting its advertising. Cannaramic Media, Inc. and its founder Felicia Palmer are taking…
Hemp shipments in USA should ease later this year
The movement of hemp and hemp-based products around the United States should be easier soon as a result of recent developments at the federal level….
U.S. researchers say synthetic CBD easier, faster, cheaper
American researchers in California say they have demonstrated that a new, far-less-expensive synthetic version of CBD can be as effective in treating certain maladies as…
Dispute between U.S., UK researchers boils over into lawsuit
American cannabis research firm New Frontier Data (Financial Frontier Group Inc.) has filed a federal lawsuit in U.S. courts against Prohibition Partners (PP Intelligence Ltd),…
‘All of a sudden, my 40,000 followers want to grow hemp’
INTERVIEW: American hemp legend Richard Rose recently released a treasure trove of reports, scientific papers and other documents about hemp online at The Richard Rose…
Cost of exec’s retirement flagged in Q1 $9.4m loss by CV Sciences
U.S.-based CBD maker CV Sciences lost $9.4 million in the first quarter of 2019, the company said in a report issued May 8, 2019. The…