U.S farmers in Wisconsin fear late tests will mean ‘hot’ crops
The president of a Wisconsin, USA hemp farming cooperative has a solution for problems with “hot” hemp – hemp plants which exceed the 0.3 THC…
North America
As cannabis giants stumble, vape hysteria will hit CBD too
With four Canadian cannabis giants suffering a combined $10 billion drainoff in market value since the U.S. vaping crisis that started in August, it remains…
U.S. contractors say hemp giant GenCanna owes them $13 million
A group of building contractors say American hemp giant GenCanna Global, based in Kentucky, owes them $13 million for work performed at the company’s planned…
Oversupply or shortage? No matter the numbers, let’s stay optimistic
By Mike Leago The sky is not falling. There’s no fox in the henhouse. There’s no blood in the water (yet). However, there is no…
Banking bill would give U.S. hemp companies relief on financial services
The U.S. House of Representatives this week passed a bill that would let banks provide financial services to hemp producers without more strict compliance standards…
Massive oversupply means a violent crash is on the way for CBD
A massive oversupply in the CBD markets can only lead to a violent crash by the end of the year, observers in both the USA…
U.S. court rules ban on smokable hemp is unconstitutional
A ban on smokable hemp in the U.S. state of Indiana has been ruled unconstitutional in federal courts, and could lead to challenges against bans…
U.S. firm has target to process 2 million pounds of biomass
Colorado-based Paragon Processing said it will take on 250 workers as it opens an industrial-scale hemp processing facility near Colorado City in the south central…
Products tested in Hawaii show variance in CBD content
Laboratory testing of seven CBD products on the market in Hawaii found not one of them contained the amount of CBD advertised on the packaging,…
U.S. hemp growers can get crop insurance beginning in 2020
American industrial hemp growers will be eligible for crop insurance under the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) starting in 2020. Those firms and farmers who…