Heavy snow on Sept. 9, 2020, blankets the Functional Remedies hemp farm outside Pueblo, Colorado. (Photo courtesy of Tim Gordon) (This is the 15th installment in a series focused on cultivation planning for marijuana and hemp growers. The previous installment is available here.) Early snowstorms and freezes in September and October have plagued Colorado outdoor cannabis growers […]
Canadian cannabis producer Canopy Growth Corp. is entering the CBD vape market, choosing the convenience store channel for exclusive distribution in roughly 3,000 Circle K locations. The deal announced Tuesday places Canopy’s new Whisl line of CBD vapes at locations across the United States. The CBD is made from U.S.-grown hemp and comes in 200-milligram […]
A long-debated bill to open California markets to CBD food and drinks is winning applause from national hemp activists and many marijuana operators who have watched with disgust as low-THC cannabinoid products flooded California shelves with little safety regulation. But not everyone is on board with the measure, prompting talk of a lawsuit to block […]
Two Canadian cannabis businesses, The Valens Co. and Entourage Health Corp., announced they will produce white-label CBD products for major Canadian retail chain Fire & Flower. Valens will manufacture Fire & Flower’s Revity-brand CBD oil “for distribution in Ontario, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan with the potential to expand into additional provincial and territorial markets where permitted […]
Since Maine’s adult use cannabis market legalized in October of 2020, sales increased steadily each month. Last month, August of 2021, Maine surpassed its record of cannabis sales in the state. Last month the state sold over $10 million worth of legal marijuana, bringing in over $1 million in tax revenue. According to the Press […]
A long-debated bill to establish new hemp rules in California – but which drew the ire of business owners in both the hemp and marijuana sectors – has gained final approval from state lawmakers. The measure easily passed both the state Senate and Assembly this week and is now on its way to the governor […]
California voters will decide next week on whether to recall Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. The September 14, 2021, California Gubernatorial Recall Election ballot will ask voters if they wish to remove the governor from office. If a majority of voters decide ‘yes’ on the question, the replacement candidate with the most votes will be declared […]
A cannabis supply chain battered by a global pandemic is picking up the pieces and bracing for months of additional headaches caused by Hurricane Ida. The storm shuttered several medical marijuana dispensaries in Louisiana and put an indefinite pause on equipment and supplies passing through the Port of New Orleans. As Ida clawed up the […]
Wildfire smoke makes the sky eerily orange near East Fork Cultivars in Takilma, Oregon on Friday, Sept. 11, 2020 (Photo courtesy of Nathan Howard) A version of this story appeared on MJBizDaily. Crop production conditions this year are, in a word, risky. From record drought conditions throughout the U.S. and especially across the Western regions, […]
With most of the details released from Schumer’s bill, some analyses are beginning to trickle out that focus on the winners and losers of the proposed legislation. MJBizDaily has an in-depth breakdown of the main winners, which would, unfortunately, would be the brands with built-in national awareness and large Canadian companies who are looking to […]
