Five southern Oregon hemp businesses have been fined $825,000 for allegedly making employees live and work in unsafe conditions. Oregon’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reported this week it has fined five businesses connected to a processing facility in Josephine County, including Eighteen New Hope LLC and Safe... Read more
A strong uptick in doctor prescriptions and coverage from health insurers is being credited for solid quarterly revenues for GW Pharmaceuticals. The London-based firm that makes cannabis-derived CBD medicines reported revenue of $91 million for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, up more than 3,500% from the same period... Read more
CV Sciences, a San Diego-based CBD manufacturer, reported revenue of $12.6 million for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, down more than 7% from the same period a year ago. Profit for the quarter was $8.4 million, down 15% from the prior year. The results fell well short of... Read more
The hemp at Triple C Farms near Sisters, Oregon, has recovered from a damaging August hailstorm. (Photo by Matt Cyrus) The agency setting baseline national minimums for hemp production says growers should tax themselves to promote the new crop. A top official with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA),... Read more
Farmers drying hemp should treat their crops like hay and watch for overheating. That’s the warning in the wake of a Pennsylvania fire this week in a shed that had been converted to a hemp dryer in Lancaster County. The blaze cost farmer Alvin Esh about $5,000 to $6,000... Read more
A cancer specialist from Houston has been chosen to take control of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which is reviewing its CBD policy. President Donald Trump on Friday picked Dr. Stephen Hahn of the MD Anderson Cancer Center to permanently lead the agency, pending congressional affirmation. The 59-year-old... Read more
For many first-time hemp farmers, 2019 is being written off as an expensive learning experience that they can apply to future crops. But for farmers who grew hemp this season in a Hail Mary attempt to make up profits lost from decreasing prices for row crops, dairy and livestock,... Read more
Move over, meditation: American consumers are researching CBD more than many other alternative health trends and products, according to a new study looking at Google searches. Health scientists from the University of California, San Diego, Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and the University of York in the United Kingdom... Read more
Nationwide hemp production rules that took effect Thursday come with new federal protections for the crop. Starting in the 2020 growing year, cultivators licensed under federally approved production programs will have the same access to federal loans, crop insurance, disaster assistance and conservation programs that farmers of other commodities... Read more
Virginia tobacco giant Altria has added hemp policy to its lobbying activities, spending roughly $60,000 this year to lobby the U.S. Congress and U.S. Department of Agriculture on “matters pertaining to hemp and crop insurance.” The lobbying, first reported by Cannabis Wire, marks an initial lobbying effort related to... Read more
