Category: Hemp

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Friday that lawmakers are still trying to iron out a deal on the farm bill, but that a provision legalizing hemp as an agricultural commodity will be in the legislation.

They even throw in a couple of musical references into the mix,to which we say….”You say you got a real solution………Well, you know…….We’d all love to see the plan”

“The Misuse of Drugs (Industrial Hemp) Regulations 2006 and the Food Regulations 2015 will be amended to allow the sale of hemp seed as food,” Food Safety Minister Damien O’Connor said on Tuesday.   

Maybe we are cynical but after living in Hong Kong for a decade one thing i know i wouldn’t trust is any stats coming out of the mainland. But as we know one should never disagree with an economist, especially one who’s got a HK conference coming up that they need to relate a narrative to.

The Program is designed to specifically educate hemp farmers and hemp finished product producers in FDA Current Good Manufacturing Practices (CGMP) and Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) such that consistent quality is assured and violations are avoided.

Seeking Alpha assert…”Canopy can’t wait to get in there when the U.S. laws change, however, it is limited by the current legal system”

The Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection said the deadline to apply for a license and to register as a grower is Dec. 31.

Spokesperson for the government, Srikant Sharma, said that several other countries had been cultivating hemp for medicinal use for a while now. He was also of the opinion that its production will also help in improving farmer’s income. 

Growing hemp is currently illegal in New Mexico. The Department of Agriculture is proposing rules to help the future of commercial hemp growth in the state, but in order to best define it, they are now seeking public comment.

The 2,400 percent hike could be avoided if state lawmakers continue subsidizing the fledgling hemp industry with general taxes, or if more growers emerge to share the expense. Agriculture department spokesman Hector Castro said the agency understands concerns that raising the fee could discourage potential hemp farmers.

In November, Colorado voters will be asked if they want to remove industrial hemp laws from Colorado’s state Constitution, placing them instead under the state statute, reports KUNC. The major change would be that laws in the statute can be modified by lawmakers — the Colorado Constitution, however, can only be changed by voters during a statewide election.

Last week, a federal prosecutor sought and obtained a temporary restraining order against a hemp company…..

Trade and industry minister Rob Davies says the government recognizes the potential of commercial value chains of cannabis and related products reports Business Live

Agency spokeswoman Heather Lansdowne told the Lawrence Journal-World on Friday that proposed rules and regulations were submitted earlier in the week to the Department of Administration. That’s the first step in a long process required to establish an industrial hemp program in Kansas.

Agropro, a hemp seed contracting and processing company, and its sister company Borela UAB (“Borela”), a processor and distributor of organic hulled hemp seeds, hemp seed protein, hemp flour and hemp seed oil, currently has 1,600 hectares (4,000 acres) under contract, potentially yielding more than 1,000,000 kg of organic hemp with additional contracts available to expand to more than 3,000 hectares across Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Poland.

The US Hemp Roundtable reports….

Ganjapreneur Reports…Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) signed a bill to legalize industrial hemp on Saturday, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. The Illinois Industrial Hemp Act takes effect immediately and legalizes the harvesting and use of hemp for paper, fabric, plastics, construction materials, and food.

Actually you don’t need to beware, rather be aware.

Regulators in Western Australia have approved new rules for the state’s industrial hemp farmers, raising the upper limit for THC in licensed hemp crops to one percent (from just 0.35 percent), the Hemp Gazette reports.
“From the Ord down to the South-West and Great Southern, we are seeing unprecedented support for hemp as a fibre, food and building product. The cross-party support for these amendments is a sign of the wide recognition for the job-creating potential of this industry for regional WA.” — Alannah MacTiernan, West Australia Agriculture and Food Minister, in the report

Whilst everybody else experiments with a few hectares here and there..China is fast tracking the crop.