A hemp processor based in central Indiana plans to build a $50 million facility in Westfield, bringing 100 new jobs to the area. BDX-Indiana, a CBD extraction company, operates a 63,000-square-foot facility in Indianapolis. The first phase of construction of the facility, which received a city tax abatement last... Read more
Beer giant Molson Coors has set a December date to roll out a line of CBD-infused beverages in Canada with partner Hexo Corp. The portfolio of drinks hitting shelves in Canada will be called Flow Glow and start with two flavors with 10 milligrams each of CBD: Goji+Grapefruit Raspberry+Lemon... Read more
Cassandra Farrington co-founded Marijuana Business Daily in 2011. (Photo by Soliman Productions) Cassandra Farrington, the co-founder of Marijuana Business Daily, is stepping aside as CEO of the pioneering cannabis publishing and trade show business at the end of the year and will be replaced by the company’s founding editor and... Read more
by Andrew Kline, NCIA’s Director of Public Policy In response to the vaping crisis, NCIA’s Policy Council has formed a Safe Vaping Task Force. The purpose of the task force is to unify the industry by communicating clearly in response to press reports and state/federal governmental actions, and clearly... Read more
A California CBD manufacturer challenging the hemp policies of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency says hemp seizures are still taking place despite nationwide legalization and a federal judge’s assurance that border seizures of legal hemp are a thing of the past. Innovative Nutraceuticals is trying to keep alive... Read more
Two federal agencies sent a joint warning letter to a Florida company for selling CBD products online while making unsubstantiated medical claims. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned Naples, Florida-based Rooted Apothecary on Oct. 10 that, by making claims that its... Read more
The hemp industry continues to look for federal guidance on production for 2020. It’s been more than a month since Hemp Industry Daily first reported that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) had completed its draft of the federal hemp production rules and submitted it to the White House Office... Read more
The USA Triathlon team has signed a deal with Colorado CBD company Pure Spectrum in a first move toward cannabis use by an Olympic team. The deal was made after the team determined that Pure Spectrum uses industrial hemp to manufacture its products and adheres to “strict third-party testing... Read more
North Carolina is giving a hemp processor $100,000 to set up a new facility. Carolina Botanicals, a commercial processor of hemp biomass, will invest $3.46 million in its new processing plant in Tabor City, in southeastern North Carolina. The plant is projected to create 30 jobs. The $100,000 grant... Read more
Farmers across the nation who produced hemp this year are using any means necessary to sell crops that are either still waiting in their fields to be harvested or drying postharvest. From posting hemp for sale on LinkedIn to working with brokers, farmers this season are looking for strategies... Read more