Category: Hemp

Rep. Andy Barr, R-Kentucky, says two provisions aimed at helping hemp producers are likely to be added to the House version of the SAFE Banking Act.

Indianans are allowed to smoke hemp, despite a state ban against smokable hemp products (which contains only a trace of THC), a federal judge has ruled.

“Draft rules for the federal hemp industry have been submitted by the USDA to the White House Office of Management and Budget; the rules should be released publicly within “a matter of weeks.”

“In the short run, the McConnell language would help lift the current regulatory cloud that’s been discouraging financial institutions to work with CBD companies, and that’s encouraged some local government officials to suggest that CBD is illegal in their state.”

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Why? Simply because there aren’t enough processing plants. And.. why aren’t there enough processing plants. Because the banks won’t fund them

The patent issued to CWB Holdings is a plant patent, not a broader utility patent, and is thus good only for legal protection against a competitor growing the same cultivar from clone.

Jim Hutchens former law enforcement officer turned CEO and President of Treasure Valley Extraction has told Idaho News…

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The Senate Appropriations Committee put the bill in “Suspense,” a legislative maneuver that means the measure was set aside. Senators could take it up later, but the measure is likely on hold until at least 2020.The bill stipulates that “a food, beverage or cosmetic is not adulterated by the inclusion of industrial hemp,” including extracts such as CBD.

According to data in the Cannabiz Media License Database, the 10 states with the highest number of hemp cultivator licenses as of September 1, 2019 are….

The New Mexico State University Board of Regents approved the New Mexico Department of Agriculture’s proposed hemp manufacturing rule at its regular meeting Sept. 4.

“This report is Hemp Business Journal’s second State of Hemp report and its second publication as a division of New Frontier Data. It is the definitive report on market sizes for the global hemp market and features 60+ pages of primary research, market intelligence, investment analysis, survey results, data charts and insights from industry leaders.”

The USDA writes, “Federal legislation facilitated the re-introduction of hemp cultivation in Canada in 1998. Since that
time, commercial cultivation has grown relatively slowly as producers have worked through agronomic challenges (including securing certified seed) and as processors have worked to develop hemp products and markets for them. Initially re-introduced for fiber production, the food and nutrition market had propelled the Canadian hemp industry until the 2018 Cannabis Act created additional opportunities by expanding the value chain. ” See full report ….

Only farmers registered under that 2014 pilot program will now be eligible for insurance approved by the United States Department of Agriculture’s Whole-Farm Revenue Protection program, according to an August 27 USDA announcement.

More than half of hemp crops cultivated in Hawaii in the past year were unusable due to high THC levels, officials have said.

Following is a prepublication version of the Federal Register notice announcing the receipt of 10 pesticide applications to expand their use on hemp. Comments are due 30 days after the notice publishes in the Federal Register.

California, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Nevada & New Mexico

This update comes on the heels of Senator McConnell (R-KY) and Senator Wyden (D-OR) urging NCUA Chairman Rodney Hood and the federal agency to provide clarification to help address this barrier to the hemp industry on behalf of the hemp farmers and producers. Challenges have persisted for those seeking to explore the crop’s economic opportunities, despite the passage of the hemp-legalization initiative in the 2018 Farm Bill.