Hemp farmers in Portugal say 2019 growing season is lost
Some Portuguese hemp farmers say they’ll give up on the 2019 growing season due to continuing jurisdictional confusion between two government agencies over licensing. The…
Hemp innovation award nominees are named by EIHA
Six products will vie for “Hemp Product of the Year” honors during this year’s European Industrial Hemp Association’s (EIHA) 16th Annual Conference June 4-5 in…
U.S. researchers say synthetic CBD easier, faster, cheaper
American researchers in California say they have demonstrated that a new, far-less-expensive synthetic version of CBD can be as effective in treating certain maladies as…
Hemp micro-decorticator unveiled by Latvian entrepreneur
The HurdMaster Micro Decorticator, a small-scale fiber processing unit designed by Latvian entrepreneur Kristaps Eglitas, was unveiled today at HempToday’s Hemp Machines & Technology Summit….
Dispute between U.S., UK researchers boils over into lawsuit
American cannabis research firm New Frontier Data (Financial Frontier Group Inc.) has filed a federal lawsuit in U.S. courts against Prohibition Partners (PP Intelligence Ltd),…
‘All of a sudden, my 40,000 followers want to grow hemp’
INTERVIEW: American hemp legend Richard Rose recently released a treasure trove of reports, scientific papers and other documents about hemp online at The Richard Rose…
First Latin American & Caribbean Hemp Summit seeks speakers
Organizers of the first ever Latin American & Caribbean Hemp Summit have issued a call for speakers to inform the event, set for Montevideo, Uruguay…
CBD research authorization is granted to Elixinol in New York
CBD maker Elixinol has been granted Processor Research Partner Authorization by the New York (U.S.) Department of Agriculture and Markets, which is actively supporting hemp…
$22m investment to start ‘CBD industrial park’ in China
Chinese hemp firm Shineco and the Xingshan People’s Government of Hegang City in Heilongjiang Province say they will actively promote the development of the hemp…
Hemp as change agent in former Colombian war zone
INTERVIEW: Avelino Martinez Sandoval, CEO at ApagroCOL S.A.S., works with the Colombian national government’s Territorial Renewal Agency (ART), which advances rural reform in the areas…