Category: Hemp

Here’s what the press release is saying. We are excited to announce the official launch of our new podcast, Hemp Table Talk. This podcast is hosted by U.S. Hemp Roundtable General Counsel, Jonathan Miller, and features guests who are leaders within the industry to speak to a variety of topics related to hemp. On the first episode [link], Jonathan speaks with Roundtable President Josh Hendrix about the journey to hemp legalization and the future of the hemp and CBD movement.

For some consumers out there this may seem somewhat of a bonus but may not please others who’ve eaten a hemp bread sandwich everyday for a week only to get a driving ban! The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has looked at THC levels in 12 different categories of hemp foods, including hemp oil, breads and teas. More than 1,500 samples were collected from the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy and Romania.

The legislation aims to align state law with federal law contained in the 2018 Farm Bill. It would change Idaho law to allow the growing and selling of hemp products containing 0.3% or less of THC, the cannabis compound that gives marijuana its high.

Today, a significant step was taken by Kentucky’s Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles:  Quarles announced this morning that Kentucky would NOT be submitting a hemp plan for USDA approval under the agency’s Interim Final Rule (IFR), but rather would continue to operate its program under the 2014 Farm Bill authorization.  Just as with the concerns we shared here (and in our private meetings with USDA leadership), Quarles recognized that many outstanding issues remain regarding the IFR, and that these issues that are not likely to be resolved before planting season begins.  Instead, the Department will share its recommendations with the USDA as it develops a final rule, hopefully in time for the 2021 growing season.

“After the rules were issued we saw farmers that just lost hope and decided they weren’t planting next year,” said Cindy Sovine, chair of the hemp committee for the National Cannabis Industries Association. “It’s really just unworkable.”

Any laboratory testing hemp for THC concentration under the U.S. Domestic Hemp Production Program must be registered with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to handle controlled substances. The directory below summarizes hemp testing laboratories who are registered with the DEA.

This story is reported on AZ central…

Oregon farm regulators have won approval from a key legislative committee to hire two specialists focused on hemp inspections and enforcement. Reports the OR Capital Press

Green Light Law Group, in partnership with the Pacific Northwest Hemp Industries Association, would like to invite you to a free presentation on emerging issues that established hemp business owners in Oregon need to know about and be concerned about. We welcome all to attend and increase awareness and understanding about these very important topics to improve your chances for long-term success in the industry. Please join us for the presentations followed by Q&A and discussion.

Data Science isn’t new, but using it to grow hemp is. With the help of artficial intelligence and robotics, farmers are improving their growth results. By 2025, legal marijuana sales in the United States alone are expected to reach $23 billion. How are hemp farmers keeping up?

The office of U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley has announced that the federal government is appropriating $2.5 million for OSU to use on the new program. The money was part of a much larger federal spending bill that also includes $35 million for irrigation projects in Central Oregon.

“The lawsuit makes civil fraud, unlawful trade practices and breach of contract allegations against businesses identified as Palex Enterprises, Hemp Warehouse and Great Horizons LLC and four individuals because the Yumas’ farm paid them a $136,000 down payment for the crop’s schedule Oct. 9 harvest start date, yet they never returned $86,000 of the money the farm paid — despite at least two handwritten promises to do so.”

If you are transporting hemp in any form into the state of Florida, you must stop at an Agriculture Inspection Station and have the following paperwork:

Marijuana Moment reports, “After Texas legalized hemp and threw marijuana prosecution into chaos last year, prosecutors filed far fewer criminal charges, police departments paid for private testing and public crime labs were struggling to catch up.”

December 27, 2019 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved the first set of plans submitted by states and Indian tribes for the domestic production of hemp under the U.S. Domestic Hemp Production Program. The plans were submitted by the states of Louisiana, New Jersey, and Ohio, and the Flandreau Santee Sioux, Santa Rosa Cahuilla, and La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indian Tribes.

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. – One person was injured in an industrial fire Thursday afternoon at a hemp processing facility in Springfield, firefighters said.

Dec. 23, 2019 – USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) today announced a new crop insurance option for hemp growers in select counties of 21 states in 2020.  The pilot insurance program will provide Actual Production History (APH) coverage under 508(h) Multi-Peril Crop Insurance (MPCI) for eligible producers in certain counties in Alabama, California, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and Wisconsin.

Very basic article but worth recording it has been published by the National Law Journal who write, “You’ve probably heard this by now, but hemp and hemp-derived cannabidiol (“CBD”) were previously classified as Schedule I controlled substances under the Controlled Substances Act of 1972.”

Founding partners that came together to create USHGA include U.S. Hemp Farming Alliance, First Crop, International Hemp Solutions, HiLo Seed, GenCanna and Farm Journal. At launch, more than 300 farmer-members of U.S. Hemp Farming Alliance will fold into USHGA.