A Canadian greenhouse vegetable producer making an expansion into hemp is bracing for Latin American competition as it expands its operations. “The confidence that I have in Canada is, I think we can actually compete on oil with Latin America,” Village Farms’ CEO Michael DeGiglio said last week in a webcast with MJBizDaily’s Investor Intelligence. “I […]
Canadian cannabis giant Canopy Growth and a Nevada-based hemp producer are suing each other in rival federal cases over a bad crop and allegations of missed payments and misspent advances. The cases center on Go Farm Hemp, a Henderson, Nevada-headquartered company that entered contracts to grow hemp in 2019 for Canopy Growth in Colorado, Kentucky, […]
(Editor’s note: Sergio Vazquez will appear at the MJBizDaily Latin American Cannabis Symposium, Sept. 30-Oct. 1, in Bogota, Colombia.) While Latin American countries generally have yet to see the formation of anything close to a real hemp market, some areas will begin to see an export stream next year. Even in Uruguay, the first country in […]
(Editor’s note: David Gordon will appear at the MJBizDaily Latin American Cannabis Symposium, Sept. 30-Oct. 1, in Bogota, Colombia.) Cannabis companies are investing heavily in Latin American markets, where low-THC varieties known as hemp in the U.S. play a large role in nascent medical marijuana regulations. The companies that entered Colombia in recent years are seeing […]
Alabama has postponed for two weeks the opening of the application period for its 2020 hemp program as it awaits federal interim regulations. The registration period for growers, processors and universities will now run for four weeks, from Oct. 7 to Nov. 1, the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture […]
