Toronto-based multistate marijuana company Red White & Bloom Brands secured a $60 million loan, then signed a definitive agreement to acquire an Illinois medical and recreational cultivation facility for $32.5 million. According to a news release, Red White & Bloom (RWB)’s purchase of Ontario special purpose vehicle Cannabis Capital Partners includes: The rights to a 23,572-foot cultivation […]
According to statewide polling data, 72 percent of South Carolinians say they support legalizing the use of medical marijuana.
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A higher THC limit on legal hemp in the United States is a “prerequisite” for stability in the hemp industry, according to the Hemp Industries Association. HIA Executive Director Jody McGinness told Hemp Industry Daily that the group cheers a proposed bill out this week from Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul to change the definition of […]
Pipp Horticulture, a Michigan-based producer of multi-level mobile cultivation systems for the indoor farming and horticulture industries, announced Friday that has purchased Vertical Air Systems. Headquartered in Santa Cruz, California, VAS manufactures air circulation systems and related products for the global indoor vertical farming industry. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. “In 2017, when […]
A leaffooted bug munches on hemp (Photo courtesy Ric Bessin, University of Kentucky) Accessing pesticides that can be used for hemp is one of the more challenging aspects of growing the crop – and that’s not likely to change soon. As new hemp states across the country rolled out their cultivation programs in the spring, […]
A multistate marijuana company with properties including Acreage Hempco — Acreage Holdings Inc. — has appointed Peter Caldini as chief executive officer. Caldini has experience in both healthcare and consumer packaged goods, having served as president of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer’s divisions in North America and Europe, the Middle East and Africa, as well as working […]
According to a recent statewide survey, 60 percent of registered voters endorse legalizing marijuana.
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It’s been two years since low-THC cannabis known as hemp became legal after decades of prohibition in the United States. On Dec. 20, 2018, President Donald Trump signed the 2018 Farm Bill, an $867 billion measure that included seven little words that would forever change the entire cannabis industry: “The term ‘marihuana’ does not include […]
A federal judge has rejected legal maneuvers by the Hemp Industries Association and a South Carolina CBD maker trying to get the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to clarify whether it considers temporary byproducts of hemp production a Schedule 1 substance. In an order Tuesday by the U.S. District Court in Washington DC, Judge James Boasberg […]
Members of the New Jersey state Assembly and Senate have given final approval to legislation…
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