Don’t be surprised if sometime next year you see acres and acres of what appears to be marijuana growing, unfenced, in the desert. But don’t bother stopping to pick some to smoke. Gov. Doug Ducey on Monday signed legislation that authorizes Arizona farmers to grow hemp. Proponents contend that the plant, which can produce things […]
Hemp Policy & Legal
Wisconsin AG Schimel Gives Hemp Farmers OK To Produce CBD Oil
MADISON – Attorney General Brad Schimel says Wisconsin farmers who grow industrial hemp can produce CBD oil from it. Schimel’s statement on May 10 is a reversal from a Justice Department memo last month that said only doctors and pharmacies can distribute the oil and people can possess it only with a doctor’s certification. Hundreds of […]
Arizona Hemp Industry Ready To Take Off If Governor Ducey Signs Bill
Governor Doug Ducey, one of the state’s most aggressive cannabis-legalization opponents, may be ready to make Arizona one of the country’s leading producers of hemp. The state Legislature passed a far-reaching commercial hemp bill, SB 1098, over the last few weeks of the 2018 session and sent it to Ducey after adjournment on May 4. If […]
Wisconsin’s First Hemp Store Fights Attorney General To Keep Doors Open
Wisconsin’s first hemp store is open for business, but just two weeks in, the owner is fighting to keep his doors open. Joel Peterson has been told what he’s selling is illegal despite a new state law that allows farmers to grow and sell hemp. Hemp is grown for two main reasons. First, its fibers […]
Here’s Everything You Need To Know About Growing Hemp In Massachusetts
For the first time since marijuana was banned in the U.S., Massachusetts farmers can now grow hemp. A little-known consequence of the state’s 2016 marijuana legalization was the legalization of hemp — a crop that is made from the same plant as marijuana, but cannot cause a person to get high. Hemp is most often used […]
True Leaf to Introduce Hemp-Based Cat Treats at Interzoo
PRESS RELEASE Company also announces new distributors and expanded store reach in Europe at the world’s largest trade fair for the international pet industry VERNON, BC – May 7, 2018 – True Leaf Medicine International Ltd. (“True Leaf”) (CSE: MJ) (FSE: TLA) (OTCQB: TRLFF), a plant-focused wellness brand for people and their pets, announced today that the […]
The One Thing Chuck Schumer and Mitch McConnell Can Agree On: Hemp
There’s not much that the U.S. Senate’s top Republican and top Democrat agree on. But one of the few things that fosters bipartisan cooperation in Washington, D.C. these days is cannabis. On Friday, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced that he’s signing on as a cosponsor of a hemp legalization bill introduced last month by Majority […]
Wisconsin DOJ Warns Hemp Farmers Not To Sell Or Possess CBD Oil
The Wisconsin Department of Justice is advising law enforcement agencies and the public that a medicinal oil derived from marijuana and hemp is still illegal, despite laws passed in recent years legalizing its use in limited circumstances. The announcement caught many farmers participating in a new state-authorized hemp growing program off-guard and could cost them […]
Can Hemp Weave its Way into Fabric of Florida Farming?
Recently, the University of Florida Board of Trustees gave the green light to UF/IFAS researchers for the development of hemp management and cropping systems. The move was major in showing the university’s commitment to learning more about what could become a valuable alternative crop for the state’s agriculture producers. Industrial hemp, a variety of the Cannabis sativa plant, […]
Mitch McConnell Announces Bill To Legalize Industrial Hemp
The head of the U.S. Senate announced on Monday that he will soon be filing a bill to legalize industrial hemp and allocate federal money for cultivation of the crop. “We all are so optimistic that industrial hemp can become sometime in the future what tobacco was in Kentucky’s past,” U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch […]
Another Shot in the Arm for Legalization? New Laws Expanding Hemp Production Stepping Up the Discussion
What’s that? Hemp making a comeback? An illegal Substance 1 drug? Has the Drug Enforcement Administration gone soft on cannabis crime? No, that’s not likely. But when it comes to hemp, and medicinal CBD derived from hemp, all of which is treated as a Substance 1 drug by the DEA, recent legislature moves on hemp […]
Is Hemp Poised to Make Its Comeback from Legal Limbo?
I recently attended a Tiny Hemp House building workshop coordinated by John Patterson of Ft. Collins, and his assistants, Cait, Randall, Frank, and Garrett. This three day workshop introduced us to building and finishing a tiny house featuring hemp as an aggregate ingredient in the hempcrete. Hempcrete uses the inner woody core of the hemp […]
Dear President-Elect Trump, Please Level the Playing Field For the Cannabis (and Hemp) Industry
Dear President-Elect Trump, Congratulations on your spectacular election win last November. You met my father, Mark J. Meagher, Chairman of Financial World Partners (FW) and a lifelong Republican, back in the early 90s at one of FW’s annual holiday parties at the world-renowned Plaza Hotel in New York. I had the chance to shake hands […]
Uruguay Marijuana Company Shifting Gears Towards Less Regulated Hemp
For all the buzz it’s generating, legalized pot may not live up to the hype. At least not in Uruguay where limits on production and pricing is leading one of two producers to diversify into less regulated hemp. Weeks before selling its first ounce of pot at pharmacies, International Cannabis Corp. is already betting that […]
Pennsylvania Passes Bill To Legalize Industrial Hemp
Industrial hemp will soon become legal in Pennsylvania. House Bill 967 passed the state House and Senate this week and allows for pilot programs to begin industrial hemp research under the oversight of the Department of Agriculture. A spokesman for Gov. Tom Wolf said Tuesday he would sign the bill into law. Hemp can be […]
Minnesota Farmer Plants State’s First Industrial Hemp Crop in 66 Years
HASTINGS, Minn. – Last week, John Strohfus became part of state history as the Hastings-based farmer had the honor of planting the first industrial hemp crop in Minnesota since 1950. The business consultant and second generation small family farmer received the hemp seeds from Canada last week as one of seven farms participating in the […]
Vermont’s 3rd Hemp-Growing Season Means More Acreage and New Products
Farmers have started planting Vermont’s third hemp crop. Though their numbers are few, the acreage devoted to hemp has significantly increased this year, as has the direction of the state’s fledgling hemp industry. A survey conducted by this reporter of hemp growers registered with the Agency of Agriculture indicates that around 60 acres of industrial […]
Louisiana Colleges May Get the OK to Grow Hemp and Medical Marijuana
BATON ROUGE — University agriculture centers might soon be able to start growing marijuana and its plant cousin, hemp, for industrial and medicinal purposes. House Agriculture Committee approved two bills to the House floor Tuesday related to the currently illegal plants in the cannabis family. They would make it legal for universities to research the […]
