The U.S. Small Business Administration is asking federal agriculture officials to listen to farmers on five crucial elements of the proposed interim final rule for hemp production. In its formal comments to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service during the extended comment period that ended last week, the Office of Advocacy of the […]
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has signed into law the state’s new hemp cultivation regulations to align with requirements from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Connecticut has already submitted its hemp plan to USDA, but the agency has yet to approve it. The new law enacts those changes anyway and gives Connecticut hemp producers new rules […]
The Hemp Industries Association and a South Carolina CBD manufacturer are asking a second federal court to prevent the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration from criminalizing hemp extracts. At issue is whether the DEA is simply updating its policies to comply with the 2018 Farm Bill, which removed low-THC cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act, or whether […]
The Arthritis Foundation, the first major patient advocacy group to issue CBD recommendations, has named a subsidiary of Charlotte’s Web, CBDMEDIC, as a sponsor. The announcement comes more than a year after the group recommended CBD guidelines to some 50 million or so arthritis patients. The recommendation included warnings that people with arthritis should avoid […]
(A version of this story first appeared at Marijuana Business Daily.) As outdoor hemp growers contend with wildfires ravaging the western United States, the need for preventative steps is even more important now that fire season starts earlier and ends later. This year’s fires have torched roughly 6 million acres. They have destroyed cannabis farms […]
Indiana says that hemp companies challenging a ban on smokable hemp can’t add a Tennessee hemp association to the case or make other changes because a new state law allows interstate transport of the product as long as it’s between licensed entities. State attorneys argued in a court filing last week that the 2018 Farm […]
A Texas holding company that makes CBD is joining the market for hemp-based meat alternatives, with plans to manufacture the products in Montana. Digital Development Partners of Flower Mound, Texas, maker of Grizzly Creek Naturals CBD products, says it has not yet settled on a location in Montana where it will manufacture the hemp protein […]
Trying to block what it calls a rogue hemp farmer, the Navajo Nation Council has redefined the term “marijuana” to mean all parts of the cannabis plant and strengthened legal language requiring tribal permission to grow the plant. The vote this week comes as the tribe tries to shut down hemp farms on tribal land […]
As we approach the 2020 Presidential election, it is fair to ask what this election means to marijuana consumers. Will the outcome of this Presidential election impact marijuana policy moving forward; and if so, in what way? Elections have consequences, and this election will surely have consequences for the marijuana smoking community.
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Former Clemson University football coach Danny Ford is among five farmers suing a South Carolina hemp processing company, alleging the processor mishandled and ruined their crops. Ford and Tom Garrison, both Anderson County residents, were among the first 20 farmers given license to participate in South Carolina’s 2018 industrial hemp pilot program. Ford and Garrison […]
