Category: Hemp

Farm Journal has launched agriculture’s first and most comprehensive database of hemp growers, processors and other value chain participants. This data set integrates with Farm Journal’s Farm Reach database to provide agribusinesses, government agencies, investors and suppliers with unparalleled insights into this exciting growth market.

Farmers in GenCanna’s network of contract producers started suing the company over what the farmers call inferior seed and broken promises. The latest blow hit GenCanna last week, when part of its production facility in Winchester, Kentucky, exploded and caught fire with employees inside. No one was injured, but significant property damage resulted.

Hemp Industry Daily Editor Kristen Nichols sits down with Shawn Hauser – partner at Vicente Sederberg Law Firm, to break down the meaning and impact of new hemp rules just released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

It’ll cost you $US199 and they say, “Introducing the 2nd Annual Hemp & CBD Industry Factbook – the most comprehensive and reliable data resource for the hemp and CBD industry available today and the only report to deliver a complete, end-to-end look at the cannabis supply chain.”

“The good news is that the USDA remains committed to improving upon its work after securing public input.  Formal comments are due to the agency on December 30, and the U.S. Hemp Roundtable is working with its organizational partners to develop recommendations with a unified industry voice.  We will be asking you to join in with your comments as well.  Stay tuned for our coordinated comment effort in the coming weeks.”

Courier Jnl reports….An explosion and fire Thursday night caused significant damage to a GenCanna hemp processing facility in Kentucky, according to authorities.

An inquiry hearing was held in Devonport on Tuesday on a target to increase the value of the country’s agricultural sector to $100 billion by 2030.

Minnesota’s Ag Utilization Research Institute (AURI) has released a report focused on building the industrial hemp industry.

Most readers will have seen this story already. If you are after a little background this report will let you know what happened. “The company opened two boxes in front of me,” Foley said. “Both boxes contained paperwork explaining the shipper as a registered Vermont hemp grower and had laboratory work from October 2019 stating a THC content of .06%.” “I advised the company that this does appear to be legal hemp and not marijuana and the police were not going to seize it,” Foley said. 
Still, according to Levy, a FedEx employee in New York tipped the NYPD about the shipment after it made its way to New York. Officers confiscated the package and called Levy into the precinct, asking him to come pick it up.

The policy change allows every family in Paraguay to cultivate up to a maximum of two hectares of low-THC industrial hemp. Two hectares equates to slightly under 5 acres.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a recorded webinar on Tuesday to help guide individuals through its proposed regulations on hemp. Reports Marijuana Moment

U.S. HEMP AUTHORITYTM RELEASES GUIDANCE PROCEDURES 2.0
After a Year-Long Collaborative Industry Effort, the Updated Guidance Will Continue to Promote High Standards and Best Practices in the Ever-Changing Industry

Our attorneys and policy analysts are carefully reviewing the Rule, and will be participating in a USDA briefing this afternoon. We will share our analysis in the coming days.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released draft rules for hemp manufacturing on Tuesday and said it will soon begin accepting state regulatory plans for the newly legal crop. Writes Marijuana Moment.

The first meeting on the proposal is set for Tuesday in Santa Fe. Subsequent meetings are planned in Albuquerque and Las Cruces.

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) federal hemp production rules, Hemp Industry Daily has learned.

Lawmakers said they plan to outlaw smokable hemp next year, a move that could hurt what’s become a big seller in North Carolina’s booming legal hemp industry. Reports WLOS news

During hearing before the Senate Agriculture Committee USDA Deputy Secretary Stephen Censky stated, “We would expect to be issuing the interim final rule here within the next couple of weeks,”

FBT write in their latest update. “In September, three states authorized the retail sale of hemp-derived CBD, one state Board of Pharmacy rescinded its negative guidance on CBD, and two states published proposed hemp rules. However, five states announced limitations on hemp food or beverage products and two states expanded hemp product labeling requirements. Below is a review of the latest hemp legal changes listed state-by-state.”