Hemp industry members are cheering Idaho for becoming the last state in the U.S. to legalize industrial hemp, making the crop now legal to produce in every state in the union, more than two years after the 2018 Farm Bill legalized hemp as a commodity crop. Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed legislation Friday to legalize […]
Hemp sequesters carbon, presents low water and nutrient needs and is so versatile that many in the business have stopped counting the number of uses for the plant’s components. This is all great news, right? So imagine my surprise when a prominent figure in the sustainability space gave a lackluster assessment of hemp as a […]
Washington state is licensing hemp manufacturers for the first time, boosting opportunities for processors and extractors who want to sell out of state. A law signed Friday by Gov. Jay Inslee establishes a new hemp processor registration and hemp extract certification under the state Department of Agriculture. Washington will continue to ban hemp extracts in […]
Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Governor Lujan Grisham of New Mexico signed legislation into law on Monday to legalize marijuana for all adults in the state, as well as separate legislation to automatically expunge records for offenses made legal under the new law. New Mexico is the fourth state to […]
“His policy position on marijuana—he may say, ‘I’m not for legalization, I’m for decriminalization’—as a federal official, that’s where I’m trying to get,” says Senator Cory Booker in this video podcast from The Recount.
(This is the sixth installment in a series focused on cultivation planning for marijuana and hemp growers. The previous installment is available here.) Cannabis farmers and cultivation operators may need to hire seasonal workers to help fill labor demands and stay on schedule during peak season. Planting, harvesting and trimming marijuana and hemp are all still mostly […]
Large change comes with ripples, typically in directions impossible to fully predict. Naturally, this is the case with marijuana legalization sweeping the country and continent. Case in point, K9’s in New York and growers in Mexico. Training dogs to smell marijuana will no longer be needed in the state of New York, and it has […]
Hemp Industry Daily‘s flagship cannabis industry event, MJBizCon, has won two awards from trade show industry publication Trade Show Executive. MJBizCon, put on by Marijuana Business Daily and Hemp Industry Daily, was awarded TSE’s Gold 100 Grand Awards for: The Fastest-Growing Gold 100 Show in Net Square Feet in 2019 based on percentage growth. The […]
Proponents of using hemp in animal feed have seen another milestone with the approval of a Montana proposal authorizing hemp food ingredients to be marketed as commercial feed. Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte signed the bill this week, clearing the way for farmers to use hemp in animal feed for pets and horses, and for other […]
(This is the third installment in an ongoing series offering tips and advice for marijuana and hemp extraction companies. The second installment is available here.) Legalization is coming. Time to airlock the doors. Marijuana and hemp cultivators and manufacturers are preparing to compete when legal changes clear the way for national and global THC and […]
