Indiana opens first hemp laboratory
An Indiana company said it opened the first analytical testing laboratory for hemp in the state to service farmers, extractors, formulators and finished goods suppliers….
North America
Hemp ban grows in California county
The California city of Camarillo, Ventura County voted to ban industrial hemp growing during a public hearing last week. Vice Mayor Susan Santangelo and Councilman…
Minnesota opens 2021 licensing
The Minnesota (USA) state Department of Agriculture (MDA) has opened its hemp licensing process for next year. Individual growers and companies must be licensed under…
Plan floated for urban hemp farming in U.S. city of Detroit
A cannabis activist and city official in Detroit, Michigan, USA said he has Mayor Mike Duggan’s ear, and the mayor’s support, for an initiative to…
Colorado school adds hemp degree
Colorado State University at Pueblo will offer a hemp agriculture degree program beginning fall 2021 with funding support from the United States Department of Agriculture…
Regional hemp association forms in USA
A state hemp association in North Carolina, USA as re-formed into the Southeast Hemp Association (SEHA), a regional group to represent growers, processors, retailers and…
Wyoming lawmakers table CBD bill
Wyoming, USA state lawmakers decided to table a bill that could have made hemp product regulations more strict. The draft bill would have banned possession…
Seeds from International Hemp show greatest promise in U.S. research
A Polish hemp variety outperformed 12 other cultivars for grain production in research carried out at a university in the U.S. state of North Dakota….
Colorado company buys extractor
EcoGen Biosciences said it acquired Colorado-based hemp processing and extraction company General Processing LLC. EcoGen, based in Grand Junction Colorado, said it will boost production…
Canadian hemp group names Haney first-ever President & CFO
The Board of Directors of the Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance (CHTA) has elevated Executive Director Ted Haney to be the group’s first ever President and…