INTERVIEW: Jesse Henry is CEO at Michigan-based Heartland Industries, a biotech startup that engineers hemp materials as additives for polymers to produce stronger, lighter, cheaper, and more sustainable end products. […]
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Montana and Arizona have had their hemp plans approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture under federal guidelines in the 2018 Farm Bill. Montana’s 37 licensed operators planted 2,540 acres
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Hemp processors in Virginia could sell recreational marijuana and get a one-year jump on the market if they pay the state a one-time fee of $1 million under a bill
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Nutraceuticals maker Creso Pharma Ltd. said it signed an agreement to acquire Colorado-based consumer packaged goods company Sierra Sage Herbs (SSH) in an all-stock deal worth $21 million. Australia-based Creso
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A bill being proposed in the Oregon legislature would authorize state agriculture officials to limit industrial hemp licenses as one way to crack down on illegal marijuana growers that plague
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Drinks giant PepsiCo has launched Rockstar Unplugged, a cannabinoid-free energy drink infused with hempseed extract, in the USA after rolling out a similar product last year in Germany. PepsiCo said
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HEMPALTA, a newly formed Canadian hemp company, said it has purchased key assets from Canadian Greenfield Technologies Corp (CGT), Calgary, for an undisclosed sum. Included in the deal is a
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U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved Alaska’s hemp plan, opening up opportunities for broader interstate commerce of Alaska-grown and manufactured hemp products, state farming officials said. The Alaska Division of Agriculture
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By Richard Rose For U.S. hemp it’s time to get real, time for action, not platitudes. Only legal three years now, acreages harvested are falling, a third of the crops are noncompliant,
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Commodities platform Canxchange has launched a new electronic trading system the company said will bring greater transparency, liquidity and efficiency to the growing global cannabis market. “These new features enhance
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