(This developing story has been updated with additional details and reaction to the rules.) Farmers growing hemp would get a small cushion in THC limits under nationwide rules proposed Tuesday by federal agriculture regulators. Under the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s draft rules, crops testing higher than 0.3% THC due to... Read more
North Carolina officials have agreed to ban smokable hemp production starting next summer. House and Senate negotiators finished work late Monday on a bill that includes the ban. The measure now awaits a final procedural vote before heading to the desk of Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, who has not said... Read more
Plant scientists at Purdue University have been selected to study organic production of hemp, a concern for most producers considering a lack of crop protection resources labeled for hemp production. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has granted nearly $1 million for researchers to: Develop organic practices for hemp... Read more
(Photo courtesy of Charlie McKenzie, CropWalk) The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) federal hemp production rules, Hemp Industry Daily has learned. With approval from the OMB, which must sign off on new regulations from any federal agency, the public... Read more
(This is an abridged version of a story that appears in the Fall issue of Hemp Industry Magazine.) Hemp farmers across the United States require many varieties of the plant, such as those conceived to grow in distinct climates or with certain traits desired by the end customers, among others.... Read more
The median acreage planted by U.S. hemp operations decreased between 2018 and 2019 while the average size increased – a trend driven by both the risks and opportunities associated with hemp production. According to the 2019 Hemp & CBD Industry Factbook, the number of small-scale growers operating in the... Read more
by Ramon Alarcon, Wellness Insight Technologies, Inc. NCIA’s Cannabis Manufacturing Committee THE ISSUE In recent weeks, a growing number of respiratory illness cases associated with nicotine or cannabis vaporizer cartridges have been reported, leading to increasing concern among cannabis cartridge consumers, regulators, and medical experts. The vast majority of... Read more
Louisiana could see up to 80,000 acres growing hemp in 2020, up from zero this year, the state’s top agriculture chief says. But the growth, he says, relies on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) finishing work on new rules for production. Louisiana Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain briefed state... Read more
The governor of Maine is joining hemp producers in pushing for federal agriculture authorities to release 2020 production rules. Gov. Janet Mills wrote to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) this week, saying that federal inaction on hemp is leaving states “unfairly restricted” in the new industry. Hemp businesses,... Read more
Ohio-based Green Growth Brands lost $64 million last fiscal year but says it has a clear path to profitability as it enters the holiday shopping season with a nationwide network of CBD retailers in conventional malls. The company attributed its losses to higher-than-expected spending on building out a chain... Read more