Idaho bans CBD, other hemp products for animals, saying they’re ‘adulterated’
A ban on the sale of CBD and other hemp-derived products intended for pets and farm animals will go into effect Nov. 1 in Idaho…
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Pennsylvania company says it will invest $10.9 million in North Carolina fiber factory
A Pennsylvania company said it plans to invest $10.9 million in a new hemp fiber processing facility in North Carolina. BIOPHIL Natural Fibers, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania,…
$20 million for 2 hemp projects
Two projects have received a total of $20 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Climate Smart Commodities program. A group of stakeholders…
Minnesota expected to revisit rules that opened legal window for delta-8 THC
Minnesota lawmakers are expected to eventually address rules that inadvertently made the state a hotbed for hemp-derived delta-8 THC edibles as a result of a…
Florida company has a hemp plan to save the state’s troubled citrus orchards
Farming hemp could help to overcome the devastating effect years of pesticide spraying has brought to Florida’s declining citrus industry, according to a Tarpon Springs-based…
U.S. trade group cries foul over proposed strict limits on THC in extracts
A proposed provision in landmark U.S. cannabis legislation under consideration would set an unnecessarily low level for trace amounts of THC in hemp flower-based food…
Cops can’t charge delta-8 stakeholders, but hemp licensees at risk in Kentucky
A judge in Kentucky has barred law enforcement from meddling in the production and sale of delta-8 THC but dismissed an injunction against the state…
Ahead for the industry: Fiber and food, sure, but hemp will be relegated to a ‘specialty crop’
[Last of three parts] Despite the cloud that has descended over U.S. Hemp, a dwindled number of hearty survivors are sticking around, turning their attention…
Charlatans, lack of leadership, bureaucracy brought U.S. Hemp down to earth
[Second of three parts] When it comes to the smackdown suffered by the U.S. hemp industry over the last three years, most injuries were self-inflicted….
With CBD gold rush over, U.S. Hemp is but a shadow of its former self
[First of three parts] As the gold rush in the CBD sector appears headed for a bitter end, it has left U.S. Hemp a mere…
