Deployment of artificial intelligence-enabled technology in agricultural crops has been in the news, explaining how automated data dissection and automation can reduce labor, streamline production of food crops and help producers improve the efficiency of their operations. That same technology is now being applied to marijuana and hemp operations... Read more
State agriculture officials in Michigan are seeing more interest in hemp production this year, despite more than half of growers failing to find a market for their 2019 crops and many reporting crop failures and heavy pest and weed pressure. Authorities tell Hemp Industry Daily that the state has licensed... Read more
A South Carolina energy company is donating money to a group of college students working on building an eco-friendly 500-square-foot house made partly of hempcrete. The donation from Duke Energy is part of grants worth a total of $240,000 to five state organizations focused on “engineering initiatives that will... Read more
The Navajo Nation Department of Justice is suing a tribal member over what authorities say is an illegal hemp farming operation in northwestern New Mexico. The complaint, filed Thursday, names Dineh Benally, Native American Agriculture Co. and Navajo Gold Co. Benally and his businesses are accused of running an... Read more
In the world of cannabis investing, the hemp sector is often considered to be a gateway because of its federally legal status. Yet, current market conditions that have tested businesses in the U.S. hemp industry, from regulatory uncertainty to the coronavirus pandemic, have created significant challenges for investors and... Read more
Colorado and Illinois are joining the ranks of nearly a dozen states where CBD and other hemp-derived products can be sold at marijuana dispensaries for the first time, opening a new sales outlet for the growing industry. In the absence of guidance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration,... Read more
Hemp farmers in Portugal may soon face a quartet of regulators to inspect and verify their crops, according to local media. Citing a draft amendment to Portugal’s medical cannabis legislation, the Lusa news agency reported on Tuesday that the cultivation of EU-certified industrial hemp could soon be regulated by four... Read more
Photo courtesy HempFlax This is the first of a two-part series on the prospects for hemp-derived construction materials in the post-Covid-19 era. Europe’s largest independent hemp grower and processor doubled down on the crop’s potential in the EU construction sector last month when it bought an insulation manufacturer in... Read more
Juice and snack giant Ocean Spray is testing a line of sparkling CBD water in Colorado. The Middleborough, Massachusetts, company says the sparkling CBD water was developed by Ocean Spray’s new CarryOn brand, Food Business News reported. The flavors are called Elevate and Descend, one with 10 milligrams of CBD... Read more
A third-party consumer research study looking at CBD’s effects on humans, meant to help gather liver safety data that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration needs to move forward with regulation, is set to begin in July. The protocol for the study, sponsored and led by ValidCare, a Colorado-based... Read more
