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

Kentucky-based CBD maker GenCanna Global, which re-emerged after bankruptcy last year, said it has acquired a London-based group that will help the company expand its... Read More Read More

Investors from Germany, Switzerland and Canada are among those who have received cultivation and processing licenses under Zimbabwe’s cannabis program. A total of 57 licenses... Read M… Read More

Law enforcement agencies in southern Oregon raided two self-described hemp growing operations last week, seizing more than 22,000 of what the police say are illegal... Read More Read More

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has announced the official end of the state hemp program, leaving farmers to work directly... Read More Read More

A lack of clarity in federal cannabis laws is suppressing growth of the legal hemp industry, according to Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, who this week wrote a… Read More

Ignoring the aberrant year of 2019, when hemp farming and licensing doubled in Colorado, registrations were still higher in 2020 than in 2018, before the... Read More Read More

Binding limits for THC in European food products are urgently needed to give producers security in their business planning and to set food makers on... Read More Read More

Hemp acreage in Nevada fell by nearly 70% from 2019-2020, dropping from nearly 5,000 acres to roughly 1,600 while the number of licensed hemp growers... Read More Read More

An Indiana-based company said it will open a facility to produce a range of CBD products this autumn. Jeffersonville-based HempRise said the factory, with a... Read More Read More

Vancouver-based Global Hemp Group (GHG) said it has contracted to purchase a 664-acre plot of land in Colorado to grow hemp and eventually build housing... Read More Read More

The California Senate Committee on Appropriations has signed off on a controversial hemp bill, sending the measure for a vote before the state legislature. The... Read More Read More

A California Senate committee is scheduled to meet today to review a controversial bill that would put hemp under the state’s Bureau of Cannabis Control... Read More Read More

Hemp farmers in Kansas will have more time to complete sampling and harvesting under temporary changes recently approved by the state rules and regulations board.... Read More Read More

Cancer patients are interested in the potential benefits of CBD, but don’t know much about it, according to a recent study by researchers at Vanderbilt... Read More Read More

UK-based Grow said it has acquired 100% of Spain’s Sanoid Isolates, letting the company expand into an integrated cannabis production, R&D, and distribution company. Grow... Read M… Read More

A ban on the production of smokable hemp has been overturned in Texas after a judge found it violates the state constitution. Judge Lora J.... Read More Read More

CBD-based Epydiolex has received approval in the UK as an adjunctive treatment for seizures associated with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), the drug’s maker, GW Pharmaceuticals… Read More

As top CBD producers continue to add minor cannabinoids to their product portfolios, many are also combining functional ingredients with CBD to bolster health claims... Read More Read More

Fiji intends to take a hemp-only approach to cannabis, Attorney General and Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has told the country’s parliament. The government said... Read More Read More

German hemp company Signature Products has received a commitment for ~€800,000 in funding from the state of Baden-Württemberg for the development of a regional hemp... Read More Read More

A research team in Maryland is recommending farmers hold off on farming hemp, citing the “chicken-and-egg” nature of the nascent industry, over-saturation in the biomass... Read… Read More

Police in Rosenheim in the German state of Bavaria raided a Lidl supermarket last week, seizing THC- and CBD-free food products made from industrial hemp,... Read More Read More

CBD may only find a legal path to market through legislation after the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) rejected two food safety applications by a... Read More Read More

Researchers in South Carolina say they have developed a hearty new hemp variety that can withstand weather that blew down crops tested in previous years.... Read More Read More

INTERVIEW: Jeffrey Steiner is associate director of the Global Hemp Innovation Center at Oregon State University. Formerly division director for plant production at the U.S.... Read More Read More

U.S. CBD maker Bluebird Botanicals said it has acquired Precision Botanical of Oregon in a move to strengthen its supply chain and expand distribution in... Read More Read More

Guyana’s Cabinet of Ministers greenlighted the cultivation and processing of industrial hemp, saying the sector could create thousands of jobs and create new industries. The... Read Mo… Read More

The Midwest Hemp Council (USA) and the Indiana Farmers Union will host a Fiber Forum & Field Day on Aug. 30 in Martinsville, Indiana that... Read More Read More

The producer of FINOLA cultivation seed is fighting back against a decision that would eliminate subsidies to farmers who cultivate the popular hemp variety in... Read More Read More

INTERVIEW: Andy Yates is Pharmacy Associate at the UK-based Association for the Cannabinoids Industry (ACI), which assists companies looking to enter the UK and EU markets.... Read More Read More

Sheep that were fed hemp pellets showed production gains, indicating potential for a high yielding, multi-purpose, summer feed option for livestock, according to a study... Read More Read More

Victory Hemp Foods of Kentucky said it has raised about $4.5 million to expand its production capacity for hemp food ingredients. The company said it... Read More Read More

Proponents are optimistic that a proposed law that would establish a framework for medical cannabis and industrial hemp in Costa Rica could be in place... Read More Read More

Santa Fe Farms named Hunter Buffington Vice President of its Products Division and Director of Policy and Advocacy. Buffington will be responsible for commoditizing hemp... Read More Read More

Dave Greer, Vice President of Sales & Marketing at CannaSystems, will talk about decortication and hemp processing on the Global Hemp Association (GHA) Education Series... Read More Read More

A Czech hemp organization is pushing back against a regressive amendment regarding the limit for THC in industrial hemp, saying it jeopardizes the development of... Read More Read More

U.S. Rep. Andy Barr will provide a legislative and banking update as keynote speaker for this year’s Kentucky Hemp Association (KYHA) Conference & Tradeshow. The... Read More Read More

An association of major U.S. brands has called for urgent government action on CBD regulation, warning of “the continued expansion of a ‘Wild West’ CBD... Read More Read More

An Australian research team aims to develop next-generation hemp genetics through a grant awarded by the Australian Research Council (ARC). Rachel Burton, from the University... Read More Read More

Florida officials have issued two warnings regarding delta-8 THC and other industrial hemp products from the state of Oregon. The Florida Department of Agriculture and... Read More Read More

Portuguese hemp stakeholders and activists are rallying around a hemp grower who was recently detained by the federal gendarmerie on suspicion of drug trafficking. CannaCasa,... Read More Read More

Hemp is now included in a New York state program aimed at supporting fiber-based textiles. A new law put hemp, wool, alpaca, cashmere and linen... Read More Read More

The hemp industry needs a robust certification system that will give growers more confidence in their genetics purchases, according to a study from the University... Read More Read More

The Alberta Hemp Alliance has received a two-year $300,000 grant from the Canadian Agricultural Partnership, a federal-provincial initiative aimed at strengthening the country’s food a… Read More

A group of Canadian and American business executives committed negligence, fraud and deceit when they left a group of Montana farmers stranded with 2018 hemp... Read More Read More

Washington state’s Department of Agriculture will begin to certify hemp extracts, in a move officials say will help producers sell products in other states. CBD... Read More Read More

Organizations from around the world are joining to form an international association to advance the interests of the hemp industry. The new body, as yet... Read More Read More

A North Carolina CBD company is suing a private air carrier for $2 million over a shipment of hemp flowers that was seized and ultimately... Read More Read More

A Paraguayan food maker is exporting 20 tons of certified organic hulled hempseed in a first food shipment to Europe. Minister of Agriculture and Livestock,... Read More Read More

Idaho, the last of the 50 U.S. states to establish a hemp program, said it hopes to submit its hemp plan to the U.S. Department... Read More Read More

French hemp stakeholders say they will appeal a proposal that would ban the sale of raw hemp flowers after the government this week sent a draft... Read More Read More

The Wisconsin legislature has declined funding that would have maintained desperately needed positions in the state’s hemp program, leading agriculture officials to suggest they may… Read More

Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) agents have started visiting state hemp farms with THC field test kits after the commission approved temporary rules for its... Read More Read More

A two-year study in Pennsylvania will look at the life cycle of hemp derived building materials from the field to the build by collecting plant... Read More Read More

New Mexico Highlands University said it will launch an academic program in Hemp Entrepreneurship and Production this autumn, giving students a chance to prepare themselves... Read More Read More

Europe’s small hemp farmers are optimistic, but less so than larger agri-concerns and cooperatives, according to a new index from commodities trading platform CanXchange, which... Read… Read More

A Pennsylvania company said it will turn part of a former textile mill into a factory to turn out hemp-based biodegradable plastic food containers, cups,... Read More Read More

The Kentucky Hemp Association (KHA) has sued the state’s agriculture and state police commissioners after what it says were illegal raids at lawful hemp retail... Read More Read More

China’s Shenzhen Datong (Datong) has developed a range of diaper and feminine hygiene products as the company gears up a full industrial supply chain for... Read More Read More

Argentina’s Senate has overwhelmingly approved a law that would establish a regulatory framework for the development of the medical cannabis and industrial hemp sectors. The… Read More

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has indicated its intention to add to the body of knowledge about the hemp industry with a survey of... Read More Read More

A new cannabis law recently enacted in Connecticut includes tight restrictions on the sale of delta-8 THC, as the state joins others around the USA... Read More Read More

Largo, Florida-based NuNature Labs said it has been authorized to distribute two medical-grade oral CBD products in Brazil. Approval is through the National Health Surveillance... Read More Read More

Officials in Zimbabwe say changes that loosened rules for cannabis production have translated into investment interest from the U.S., U.K, Germany and Switzerland, as licensing... Read More Read More

Oregon will ramp up THC testing in hemp fields as law enforcement officials worry that some growers are nurturing marijuana plants in their hemp operations.... Read More Read More

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed legislation putting hemp-derived delta-8 THC under the state’s marijuana regulations, effectively announcing the shutdown a nascent gray marke… Read More

Peoria, Illinois-based Global Hemp Inc. is seeking a default judgment in federal court against a Kentucky company in a trademark infringement dispute. Global Hemp first... Read More Read More

An initiative in California has planted five hemp varieties from four countries in the first extensive growing trials for hemp fiber and grain in the... Read More Read More

The authors of a report on delta-8 THC in the U.S. say the nascent hemp sub-sector is populated by inexperienced producers that are misleading consumers... Read More Read More

Portugal’s Directorate-General for Food and Veterinary (DGAV) authorized 20 of 60 requests submitted to grow industrial hemp this year, and is still reviewing an additional... Read Mor… Read More

A hemp technology initiative in western Spain has started by calling the police, as it looks to set the stage for development of the industry... Read More Read More

Researchers in Texas say they are still trying to find hemp fiber and grain varieties that will adapt to southern U.S. growing conditions, and report... Read More Read More

Tomáš Zábranský, who spearheaded efforts that resulted in the legalization of medical cannabis in the Czech Republic and enjoyed wide respect in international med… Read More

Acres licensed for CBD hemp will fall to just 2.78% of total U.S. fields while hemp grown for seed production will be the dominant output... Read More Read More

A newly launched UK cannabis body, CanIndCou (CIC), says it will work on behalf of patients while promoting reduction of red tape it says is... Read More Read More

The European Commission’s Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food & Feed (SCOPAFF) has agreed to delay changes to the EU Catalogue of Feed Materials until... Read More Read More

Authorizations for growing and processing hemp in Portugal may be further set back as the official responsible for issuing permits at the Directorate-General for Food... Read More Read More

One year after South African cannabis activist Julian Stobbs was murdered in his home, little has been done to catch the perpetrators, Fields of Green... Read More Read More

A Spanish judge cited the epoch-changing decision of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) last year in acquitting a Valencia shop owner of charges related... Read More Read More

A regional commission in Sardinia has green-lighted a bill that would regulate the production and processing of hemp, setting the stage for fast development of... Read More Read More

The appropriations committee of the U.S. House of Representatives has directed three federal agencies to revisit the scientific underpinnings of the current 0.3% THC limit... Read More Read More

A U.S. company has launched a project aimed at developing protocols for carbon credits from hemp based on blockchain technology. Hemp Blockchain, Inc. (HBI), Salt... Read More Read More

A hemp fiber processing facility has gone online in Western Australia, a first-of-its-kind facility in the Australian state. Backed by a AU$399,000 (~US$300,000) grant through... Read More Read More

South Dakota hemp farmers have shied away from CBD, overwhelmingly putting in grain and fiber crops in the second year of the state’s program. South... Read More Read More

Celebrating Hemp History Month [Last in a Series] – Do you remember the day after the Gore v Bush election, November 8, 2000? Everyone went... Read More Read More

A coalition of German political parties postponed action on reforms stakeholders say would help ease the bureaucracy for hemp farmers and producers. A motion brought... Read More Read More

U.S. Poison Control Centers say reports of health risks caused by CBD gummies and other cannabis-based products is on the rise as rules from states... Read More Read More

Qinggang County in China’s Heilongjiang Province expects to harvest hemp from 40,000 acres (~16,200 hectares) in 2021 as the government increases its support for development... Read Mo… Read More

Hemp gets high priority in projects funded by the state of Pennsylvania aimed at supporting specialty crops. Roughly $160,000 of $460,000 in a recent round... Read More Read More

Celebrating Hemp History Month – WINTER 1999: Only 20 years ago, I actually had to sell the notion of shelled hempseed as food to a... Read More Read More