This story has been updated to add the purchase price and correct Entoura’s headquarters to Nashville, Tennessee. Hemp producer Entoura, a privately held, vertically integrated hemp company, has acquired the assets of Atalo Holdings, a hemp producer and CBD manufacturer located in Winchester, Kentucky. Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, Entoura... Read more

A Georgia measure setting up licenses for hemp producers and processors awaits the governor’s signature. State lawmakers approved legislation that would require a license for possessing hemp, whether it’s cultivating, transporting, or selling the plant. The bill approved Monday now heads to Gov. Brian Kemp for his signature, the... Read more

Houston-based hemp processor and extractor Bayou City Hemp has purchased a retail company that makes hemp-derived CBD skin care, cosmetics and wellness products. Bayou City Hemp, which applied for a Texas license in March and was busy setting up operations in Houston this spring, announced that the completed acquisition... Read more

A few health and consumer advocacy organizations are urging Congress “to reject any attempts to force federal regulators” to legalize CBD immediately. In a June 17 letter to Congress members, the organizations say Congress itself “is not the right evaluator of the safety of consumer products” because representatives and... Read more

ACS Laboratory, a chain of federally licensed and ISO-accredited marijuana and hemp laboratories based in Tampa, Florida, has acquired another Florida-based, certified hemp and CBD testing laboratory, expanding its national presence to 44 states. The purchase of Botanica Testing Inc., headquartered in Gainesville, brings 500 new hemp and CBD... Read more