Category: Hemp

Global Hemp Group’s days are numbered if their stock stays this low

On hand during the meeting will be U.S. Hemp AuthorityTM President Marielle Weintraub and Vice President Joy Beckerman, as well as representatives from FoodChain ID, the new administrator of the Certification standard.

A Vermont hemp processor is suing a Maryland grower, accusing the company of lying about the plants it sold being pesticide-free.

The president of the Hemp Industries Association, Joy Beckerman, is leaving the organization, effective immediately, the group announced on Thursday.

Atalo founded in 2014 has filed for bankruptcy.

While State Capitols across the country are closing themselves to the public in response to the coronavirus crisis, much legislative work continues to go on behind closed doors.  And even where legislatures have recessed, many will return with critical legislation before them.  That’s why we expect elected officials to continue reviewing emails — meaning that now is an obvious time to reach out to them about our issues of concerns.

The city has already banned the gowing of recreational cannabis. MJ Biz has the story.

Winchester-based Atalo Holdings, one of Kentucky’s earliest players in the hemp industry, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection in the Eastern District of Kentucky on Thursday.

Texas Will Begin Accepting Hemp Production License Applications This Month. Reports Hemp Grower.

Hemp Industry Daily Reports. More hemp industry events have been postponed, including the NoCo Hemp Expo this month in Denver,

Time is ticking for the Oregon Legislative Assembly to pass a bill to ensure the state’s hemp program complies with federal law. Reports Hemp Grower.

The state’s 2019 hemp farming law caused an unintended quandary for Georgia prosecutors. Some, including Gwinnett County Solicitor Brian Whiteside, decided to stop prosecuting misdemeanor marijuana cases because the hemp plant and marijuana are virtually identical. 

They write, “As FDA continues to drag its feet on regulating hemp-derived CBD, state legislatures are filling the vacuum with their own measures to provide access to safe and legal CBD products.  This week, we share three good bills to follow, and encourage our Hemp Supporters in Hawaii, Kentucky and Maine to use our State Action Center portal to urge their legislators to support CBD:”

Does that mean we get a hemp wool mix on all our new sweaters !

The U.S. hemp market continues to heat up for a variety of reasons, mainly because the general populace is finally starting to understand the difference between cannabis as marijuana and cannabis as hemp (and the benefits of CBD and other cannabinoids derived from cannabis). In this post I’ll discuss why China’s pain can be U.S. hemp producers’ gain.

Thousands of pounds of hemp allegedly went up in smoke last year at an Illinois farm hired to dry the crop.Reports the Chicago Tribune.

The Minnesota Hemp Association reports, “hemp bills take center stage as they are heard in committee on March 5 at 9:45 a.m. in 200 State Office Building”

This time it’s Kentucky and the unfortunate Foggy Valley Farms Sounds like a lawsuit in the making to us.

“DEA will still expect states to work with their laboratories to try to achieve certification for the 2021 crop year,” he added.“We were able to reach an agreement (with DEA) that we are going to be able to provide some relief from the laboratory certification process for this crop year,” Ibach said. Reports Hemp Industry Daily