Maine hemp farmers fear proposed rule change could cost them their crop December 18, 2019 AggregatedNews Hemp Policy & Legal, Maine 0 Comments Maine is proposing new hemp farming rules that would change the way it calculates how much THC is allowed in state-licensed plants, effectively reducing the already small amount of psychoactive element allowed in this cash crop to prepare farmers for… Read More→
Proposed federal hemp rules would hurt Maine’s fledgling industry, state officials say December 5, 2019 AggregatedNews Hemp Policy & Legal, Maine 0 Comments State agriculture officials are saying new federal rules regulating hemp production nationally would hurt Maine’s rapidly growing hemp industry. The rules proposed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture are open for public comment, and Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry… Read More→
In Maine, Industrial Hemp Is The Crop To Watch June 25, 2018 AggregatedNews Hemp Policy & Legal 0 Comments Farmer Ben Rooney spent several days last week rushing around Wild Folk Farm in Benton planting 300 seedlings of Maine’s trendiest new crop, industrial hemp. “We’re kind of in the heat of it now,” he said. It’s an apt expression;… Read More→