U.S. CBD seller warned over claims of coronavirus treatment
A U.S. company has been warned by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over statements regarding CBD’s effectiveness…
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U.S. farmers & processors ‘feeling pinch’ as growth of market slows
INTERVIEW: Rick Trojan is an American hemp entrepreneur and the founder of Hemp Road Trip, which promotes industrial hemp all over the world. He serves…
Hemp programs approved for U.S. states of Georgia, Iowa
Two traditional agriculture states in the USA have had their hemp programs approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The southeastern state of Georgia,…
Fallout from GenCanna bankruptcy drags down MariMed
The bankruptcy of U.S.-based GenCanna Global also has dragged down penny-stock cannabis player MariMed, which had invested $30 million (€26.9 million) in the Winchester, Kentucky-based…
U.S. hemp trade association parts ways with its president
The U.S. Hemp Industries Association (HIA) says it will elect a new president after parting ways with Joy Beckerman, who had led the trade group…
Another Kentucky hemp firm succumbs as Atalo Holdings says it’s bankrupt
Another hemp company in the U.S. state of Kentucky has run into trouble as highly-touted whole-plant processor Atalo Holdings Inc. filed for bankruptcy this week. …
Coronavirus causes organizers to postpone NoCo in USA
North America’s biggest hemp trade show, Colorado-based NoCo Hemp Expo, has postponed this year’s event to Aug. 6-8 in the midst of the coronavirus scare….
USDA delays federal oversight of labs testing for THC
Federal agriculture officials in the USA are delaying a rule that all THC testing on U.S. hemp crops must be performed at laboratories registered with…
USDA: ‘Difficult to imagine hemp matching corn or soybeans’
A report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that summarizes development of the industrial hemp sector is not necessarily upbeat about the future, calling…
Colorado governor to unveil ‘roadmap’ to financial services
The governor of leading U.S. hemp state Colorado, Jared Polis, will unveil a “roadmap” to strengthen relations between the state’s cannabis industries and financial institutions…