YVY Life Sciences of Uruguay said it received cultivation licenses for medical-grade cannabis to produce THC and CBD, making it the first company to hold... Read More Read More

INTERVIEW: A 31-year veteran of the hemp industry, Lawrence Serbin is president of California-based Hemp Traders, which he founded in 1994. He started Cannagrove, a... Read More Read More

New Mexico-based hemp company Santa Fe Farms named Kim Kovacs Chief Executive Officer, succeeding Steven Gluckstern, who assumes the position of Executive Chairman, the company... Read More Read More

Italian leaders need to understand the enormous potential of hemp and set a clear and complete regulatory framework to harvest its economic and environmental benefits,... Read More Read More

Prices and volumes for key hemp derivatives should soon bottom out and begin to pick up over the next year, according to Canxchange, the London-based... Read More Read More

INTERVIEW: Heather Grab is Senior Lecturer at Cornell University’s School of Integrative Plant Science where she teaches and mentors students in the Hemp Science Master’s... Read… Read More

A recent decision by Mexico’s high court and revival of a cannabis bill in the country’s legislature are signals that the hemp industry is finally... Read More Read More

Two key German associations are calling on the incoming government coalition to urgently establish a program that will promote industrial hemp as a strategy to... Read More Read More

Humanitarian aid policies and programs should rely on locally made hemp seed products in the fight against malnutrition, and cannabis farming should be promoted as... Read More Read More

An increase in the THC level for industrial hemp crops to 0.3% will ease the path to EU agricultural support programs for European farmers beginning... Read More Read More

INTERVIEW: Eric Steenstra is president of Vote Hemp, a political advocacy organization he co-founded in 2000 which led the effort to pass hemp farming legislation... Read More Read More

Rory Dyer, sales director at London-based commodities platform Canxchange will give his business outlook for next year at this month’s “Hemp Huddle,” hosted by the Bri… Read More

Germany’s SynBiotic SE has acquired 50.1% of a leading group of German hemp companies from industry veteran Daniel Kruse for €11.2 million (~$12.6 million) in... Read More Read More

Q: I just started selling CBD. Can I advertise on Facebook and Instagram? Where should I advertise? A: Congratulations on entering the CBD marketplace. It... Read More Read More

Massachusetts-based cannabis company Curaleaf Holdings Inc. is facing a total of seven federal lawsuits over products the purchasers say gave them health scares. The cases... Read More Read More

The South Dakota Supreme Court has sided with the state’s anti-pot governer, overturning a broad state cannabis initiative passed by voters last year, saying the... Read More Read More

Lithuanian hemp producers may now grow and sell hemp flowers on the domestic market after a new law took effect this month. But the changes... Read More Read More

Germany’s Cannabis Business Industry Association (BvCW) has cheered the incoming governing coalition’s plans to establish a licensing program for marijuana dispensaries, but remi… Read More

Food safety authorities in India have approved hemp seeds, hemp seed oil and seed-based flour as food and food ingredients, signaling a first crack in... Read More Read More

Proposed laws on the cusp of passage in Brazil and Argentina could lead to “a radical change in the global dynamics of production of industrial... Read More Read More

While the cops always inflate the numbers, Oregon State Police (OSP) say they seized roughly 250 tons of illegally produced marijuana in Klamath County in... Read More Read More

Montana officials have moved to clarify rules for CBD sales which had threatened to ban the products from the state’s legal marijuana dispensaries. The Montana... Read More Read More

The National Industrial Hemp Council of America (NIHC) said it will establish a standards program for CBD products in the absence of regulations from the... Read More Read More

A California hemp company and its owner have entered a not guilty plea to felony charges after it failed to pay wages due employees. The... Read More Read More

Two defendants whose cases eventually led to clarification of CBD’s legality in Europe have officially been cleared by a French court. Sébastien Béguerie and Antonin... R… Read More

Europe’s HempFlax Group B.V. said it plans to invest roughly €3 million to transform its Oude Pekela, Netherlands factory into a facility that will expand... Read More Read More

India’s Bombay Hemp Company Pvt. Ltd (BOHECO) said this week it has raised $2 million it will use to expand production and marketing. BOHECO said... Read More Read More

The National Industrial Hemp Council is now the National Industrial Hemp Council of America, after the U.S. lobbying group rebranded, redesigning its logo and website,... Read More Read More

An Italian engineering team is experimenting with hemp-based fabric in some car body parts for an experimental race car. Fabric maker Fibertech Group, SRL; Linificio... Read More Read More

When German journalist Maren Krings was struck with the inspiration to create a book about hemp and climate change, she started with the logical premise... Read More Read More

Belgian custom equipment maker Hyler BV has introduced a new hemp harvester that gives flax farmers an additional crop option while signaling the rebirth of... Read More Read More

A South African researcher is looking into the potential of hemp farming to clean the soil in abandoned, highly-polluted former gold mining areas, and how... Read More Read More

Two new members have joined the board of directors at the European Industrial Hemp Association (EIHA). Tony Reeves, a consultant from the UK, and Florian... Read More Read More

New York’s Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) has adopted final rules that ban smokable hemp and delta-8 THC products. The state’s Cannabis Control Board formally... Read More Read More

A Texas court has reversed an earlier ruling and temporarily set aside a ban on delta-8 THC in the state. Judge Jan Soifer of 126th... Read More Read More

INTERVIEW: Food industry veteran Lisa Newmann is a founder and the CEO at Sazi Foods, a U.S. startup that is developing a line of hemp... Read More Read More

German startup HempConnect is entering an initial fundraising campaign as it continues to develop a suite of advanced Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) tools that collect... Read More Read More

Researchers in Italy have detected the presence of 154 pesticides and a number of heavy metals in samples of domestically grown hemp flowers, a worrying prospect for... Read More Read More

A national non-profit association to support hemp growers has been formed in Germany. Nutzhanf-Netzwerk e.V. (“Hemp Network”) will promote hemp among German farmers and work... R… Read More

Oregon crop science company Phylos said it will supply one million free hemp cultivation seeds to black, Native American and other minority farmers through targeted... Read More Read More

Germany’s Federal Association for Sustainability (BVNG) has called for a “sustainable industrial evolution” that fully exploits hemp, and is urging agreement among parties… Read More

International standards group ASTM has established a method and guidelines for fast on-site quality assessment of hempseed. The standards are geared toward those who store... Read More Read More

Additional research needed to advance the hemp industry is the focus of a study currently being conducted through Holland’s Wageningen University. The study, in the... Read More Read More

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved Idaho’s state hemp plan, opening the way for planting next spring. USDA approval means the state has... Read More Read More

After a period during which prices stabilized, discounting has resumed in the isolates subsector, according to the Q4 2021 Benchmark Report from commodities trading platform... Read More Read More

A CBD retailer in Texas has been denied a restraining order against a state ruling that hemp-based delta-8 THC is an illegal drug. A State... Read More Read More

A Pennsylvania company said it has nearly completed a home retrofit with hemp-based materials. The single-family dwelling is the first full home renovation in the... Read More Read More

Patrick Atagi has been named President and CEO of the U.S. National Industrial Hemp Council (NIHC). NIHC comprises a group of international, federal, state, private industry,... Read Mo… Read More

Indiana-based extractor HempRise has cut the ribbon for an $80 million, 100,000-sq. ft. CBD processing center in Jeffersonville. The company said the location near the Indiana-Kentucky… Read More

An online shopping channel in the UK has been sanctioned under advertising guidelines for health claims in a CBD promotional presentation it aired earlier this... Read More Read More

HempToday has added new media partnerships with commodities trading platform CanXchange, carbon-tracking startup HempConnect, and independent German author and photographer Maren Krings. Lon… Read More

Leading European hemp company Hempro International GmbH has gone to court against Germany’s Federal Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) after the agency... Read More Read More

Italian plastics maker LATI Industria Termoplastici (LATI) is to distribute products from U.S.-based The Hemp Plastic Company (THPC) under a recently signed agreement. LATI, Vedano... Read M… Read More

Roughly 30 CBD companies have banded together in the USA to fight restrictions on SMS advertising of their products after a wireless industry trade group... Read More Read More

A total of 426 hemp growing permits were issued in Pennsylvania in 2021, down from 510 last year, agriculture officials reported as they recently opened... Read More Read More

A German papermaker has developed a hemp paper for books and brochures produced on digital printing systems. The specially designed hybrid, uncoated paper, from legacy... Read More Read More

Roughly 650 of 800-plus CBD food safety applications have been rejected by the UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) amid a slowdown in the new approval... Read More Read More

Publicly traded Thai food company NR Instant Produce (NRF) said it intends to purchase an additional 51% of Golden Triangle Health Company Limited (GTH), which... Read More Read More

INTERVIEW: Dirk Van Puyvelde is co-owner and technical and innovation manager at the Belgian companies Cretes (CREative TEchnical Solutions), a maker of straw and fiber... Read More Read More

Delta-8 THC and medical mushroom extracts will be in focus at the USA CBD Expo later this month in Chicago as organizer ZJ events expands... Read More Read More

Hemp fields in Poland fell by roughly 36% this year after many farmers pulled back due to subsidies being blocked for the FINOLA oilseed variety,... Read More Read More

South Carolina’s attorney general has issued an opinion that delta-8 THC is illegal under state law. In response to a query from the South Carolina... Read More Read More

Total hemp fields in Germany grew 17% to reach 6,444 hectares (~16,000 acres) in 2021 as the number of hemp farming operations reached 863, a... Read More Read More

Tommy Gibbons, COO of Ketchum, Idaho-based Hempitecture, will use funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for research and development into hemp insulation for... Read More Read More

The Irish Government and health ministry are apparently challenging the ground-breaking decision of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) last year that set the stage... Read More Read More

Oregon State University’s Global Hemp Innovation Center has been awarded a $10 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to support a five-year... Read More Read More

Recent election results in Germany have buoyed hemp stakeholders as parties expected to be represented in the new government are on record as agreeing to... Read More Read More

The Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries is now accepting applications for growing and processing industrial hemp next year. Applications will be accepted until Nov.... Read More Read More

A rule that authorizes wholesale deals between hemp producers and marijuana retailers could bolster the fortunes of the Massachusetts hemp sector by establishing at least... Read More Read More

The European Commission has indicated it will likely vote in November on a proposal to set the maximum level for THC in hemp foods at 7.5... Read More Read More

The Missouri Department of Agriculture will award grants of up to $200,000 for the expansion of processing capacity for industrial hemp fiber. The reimbursement grants,... Read More Read More

Q: “I want to start selling CBD in my store. Where do I start?” A: Congratulations on beginning your CBD-selling journey! You will be a... Read More Read More

CBD company Elixinol Wellness is shuttering its operations in the European Union and the UK, and will focus its attention on the U.S. and Australian... Read More Read More

More than half of 29 hemp tea and coffee products that underwent recent analysis in the USA showed CBD levels different from that advertised on... Read More Read More

A federal judge in California has ordered a Lithuanian company to pay $6.1 million to Clint Eastwood for carrying content that used the actor’s name... Read More Read More

New Zealand pharma company Rua Bioscience said it has received a Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) certification from Medsafe, the medicines and medical devices safety authority... Read More Read More

A national hemp group has called for raising the THC limit for industrial hemp from 0.3% to 1.0% as part of the solution to assuring... Read More Read More

Hemp stakeholders in Australia say industrial hemp growers in New South Wales are illegally producing CBD for a burgeoning black market estimated to be ten... Read More Read More

Q: I sell CBD in my store and a customer asked, “I’m pregnant. Can I take CBD?” A: This is such a good question! The... Read More Read More

A prominent Czech cannabis activist and journalist faces a potential five-year prison term for “inciting and promoting toxicomania.” Editor and publisher Robert Veverka and his… Read More

Ireland’s leading hemp stakeholder group has withdrawn from government talks on industrial hemp, sharply criticizing the consultations as shortsighted and disincentivizing to Irish far… Read More

Portuguese hemp association CannaCasa has denounced regulators for “unacceptable and undignified administrative practices” the group said are unfairly targeting some stakeholders… Read More

Czech President Miloš Zeman this week signed a law that establishes the limit for THC in industrial hemp at 1.0%. That makes the Czech Republic... Read More Read More

Oregon regulators say more than 110 licensed hemp operations were found to be illegally growing high-THC marijuana after a recent crackdown in Jackson and Josephine... Read More Read More

Amendments to Czech law that would raise the national THC limit for industrial hemp to 1.0% could spark other EU countries to revisit their current... Read More Read More

The Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) has warned against bringing hemp feed and pet food to market through a state-by-state patchwork of laws... Read More Read More

Two Danish farming enterprises have agreed to join forces, hoping to capitalize on hemp’s potential in the rapidly-growing plant-based foods sector. Denmark-based international farming… Read More

A lawsuit filed in a U.S. federal court alleges Aurora Cannabis Inc. and a group of past and current executives inflated quarterly earnings results in 2019 through... Read More Read More

Irish food safety authorities have issued an urgent product recall for three CBD brands, claiming the products contain unsafe levels of THC. Brands implicated in... Read More Read More

The Association for the Cannabinoid Industry (ACI) has set a combined live/online session Tuesday, Sept. 28 to give companies an overview of the UK CBD... Read More Read More

The Native American Cannabis Alliance (NACA) said it signed memoranda of understanding with indigenous farmers from three Native American tribes as it looks to spur... Read More Read More

A project aimed at accelerating the use of hemp as a biorefinery crop is among 24 sustainability initiatives that have received funding from the UK... Read More Read More

Four of six German political parties generally agree that hemp should not be under the country’s drug laws, and support removing bureaucratic barriers that hurt... Read More Read More

Czech President Miloš Zeman is expected to sign a bill that would set the limit for THC in industrial hemp at 1.0% and significantly loosen... Read More Read More

Startup Canadian Industrial Hemp Corporation (CIHC) said has it raised more than $1 million of a $5 million dollar goal on crowdfunding site wefunder.com. Lewes,... Read More Read More

South Dakota farmers are harvesting hemp on 1,600 acres in 2021, and state officials say they expect that number to grow in 2022. Katie Sieverding,... Read More Read More

Biotechnological production processes can unveil pharmacological profiles and potential effects of cannabinoids that are present in cannabis only in small amounts, according to a new... Read… Read More

Prominent hemp entrepreneur, activist and businessman Hugo Monteiro was arrested on drug charges in Portugal last week amid a lingering, contentious situation between hemp businesses... Read… Read More

Opponents of a controversial hemp bill that awaits California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature say final wording in the measure effectively bans smokable hemp after negotiations... Read M… Read More

Research initiatives undertaken by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) can help domestic players and strengthen the American hemp industry’s position on the international stage… Read More