The National Industrial Hemp Council and the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture say “many states will be unable to meet” the Oct. 31 deadline to switch to new rules for hemp production. In a letter to Congress this week, the organizations ask that implementation of the U.S.... Read more
More than two dozen Dutch cannabidiol producers are self-certifying their products and sharing lab results and product origins with consumers – a move to foster transparency and accountability amid uncertainty about the future of cannabidiol products in the European Union. The Cannabinoid Association of the Netherlands (CAN) announced the... Read more
Hemp manufacturers and retailers in Texas filed a lawsuit on Wednesday, challenging the Texas health department on its recently enacted ban on selling smokable hemp products. Four businesses filed the lawsuit in a Travis County court against the Texas Department of State Health Services and its commissioner John Hellerstedt.... Read more
CV Sciences Inc., a San Diego-based CBD manufacturer, reported $5.4 million in revenue for the fiscal quarter that ended June 30 – a massive drop from the $16.9 million it reported during the same period in 2019. The revenue decline represents a 68% decrease from the same quarter last... Read more
Hemp growers in Portugal got some long-awaited clarity on cultivation oversight this week after legislation naming the country’s regulatory bodies for hemp crops took effect. Under guidelines that took effect on Wednesday, the cultivation of EU-certified industrial hemp in Portugal will be regulated by four state agencies: The Agriculture... Read more
Courtesy of Penn State University For a while now there’s been an incorrect yet popular belief that hemp plants have no diseases and don’t need pesticides or fertilizers. Although that mythology has persisted, horticulturists and farmers with experience growing hemp know the plant is vulnerable to diseases and disorders... Read more
Regulations for Georgia’s new hemp industry are now in effect, allowing out-of-state hemp sales, hiking processing fees, and implementing transportation rules. Hemp processors would need to pay a $25,000 permit fee to the state Department of Agriculture on the first year and $50,000 every subsequent year. The fees are... Read more
A Colorado hemp and CBD company with a special focus on tapping customers who golf has settled a distribution partnership with a large golf-club management and marketing company to expand the brand’s reach in the sector. Functional Remedies’ Synchronicity full-spectrum hemp oil will be distributed through golf clubs and... Read more
Kristen Nichols (This is an abridged version of a column that appears in the August issue of Marijuana Business Magazine.) It isn’t just the guys and gals making high-THC products who confront illicit competition. Hemp entrepreneurs see it, too. The fact was driven home recently when a CBD manufacturer I... Read more
A major greenhouse grower based in Canada has inked an agreement to buy part of a cannabinoid seller in Australia to support its ambitions of entering the CBD market in the Asia-Pacific region. Village Farms International, a grower with greenhouses and partner greenhouses in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico... Read more
