Compliance roadmap is latest application of AI to hemp
A U.S. company has released a blockchain-based digital roadmap for the hemp supply chain. The technology, Hempliance 3.0, tracks chain-of-custody transparency for hemp crops by…
Proposal in USA would lift THC barrier for hemp to full 1.0%
A U.S. senator has proposed an amendment that would raise the allowable THC level for industrial hemp in the USA from 0.3% to a full…
For optimum stalk processing, let AI run the system
By Robert Ziner, CIHC, Canada As hemp stalk processing gains in popularity, it faces a fundamental economic challenge at a fundamental level: Decortication. Until now, decortication…
New Zealand textile maker nears startup of hemp production line
Two New Zealand companies say their joint venture is finalizing installation of a new hemp processing line through which they plan to turn hemp, wool…
The Chinese Strategy: Planning a roadmap to hemp’s future
[Third & last in a series] As Chinese planners see the future, the nation will transition from a global factory for cheap, low-quality goods up…
Spanish partners plan center for industrial hemp innovation
Spanish partners have launched a project aimed at developing the country’s Extremadura region as an industrial hemp innovation center. The Extremadura National Agrifood Technological Center…
Cryogenic freezing of cannabinoids under study in USA
A research project in the USA is looking at the benefits of cryogenic freezing on cannabinoids found in industrial hemp, from the time of harvest…
Pennsylvania decortication initiative would serve 2 states
A Pennsylvania, USA non-profit said it plans to invest in a hemp fiber decortication factory in the western part of the state. DON Enterprises, Newcastle,…
Zimbabwe projects $1.25 billion in cannabis tax revenues
A proposed cannabis export scheme could eventually bring as much as $1.25 billion (~€1 billion) to Zimbabwe’s treasury per year, finance officials have said. “Cannabis…
After getting burned, U.S. farmers in Indiana start their own co-op
When enthusiastic farmers in the U.S. state of Indiana got the chance to grow fiber on guaranteed contracts for a processor across the state line…