Research initiatives undertaken by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) can help domestic players and strengthen the American hemp industry’s position on the international stage. By quantifying outputs and their […]
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Kentucky-based CBD maker GenCanna Global, which re-emerged after bankruptcy last year, said it has acquired a London-based group that will help the company expand its bulk ingredient and finished goods
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Law enforcement agencies in southern Oregon raided two self-described hemp growing operations last week, seizing more than 22,000 of what the police say are illegal marijuana plants. The two operators,
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The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has announced the official end of the state hemp program, leaving farmers to work directly with the United States Department
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A lack of clarity in federal cannabis laws is suppressing growth of the legal hemp industry, according to Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, who this week wrote a letter to U.S. Senate leaders
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Ignoring the aberrant year of 2019, when hemp farming and licensing doubled in Colorado, registrations were still higher in 2020 than in 2018, before the CBD boom and bust. That
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Hemp acreage in Nevada fell by nearly 70% from 2019-2020, dropping from nearly 5,000 acres to roughly 1,600 while the number of licensed hemp growers fell from 213 to 116,
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[Updated Sunday, Aug. 29] The California Senate Committee on Appropriations has signed off on a controversial hemp bill, referring it to the Senate floor for amendments ahead of a potential
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An Indiana-based company said it will open a facility to produce a range of CBD products this autumn. Jeffersonville-based HempRise said the factory, with a price tag of $80 million,
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Vancouver-based Global Hemp Group (GHG) said it has contracted to purchase a 664-acre plot of land in Colorado to grow hemp and eventually build housing units from hemp-based materials. The
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