Companies making hemp-derived foodstuffs are joining federal authorities to remind folks that hemp foods are being inspected as usual and are safe to eat through the coronavirus pandemic. The U.S. Department of Agriculture sent an alert this week that no staffing changes are planned at the agency’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, or its Animal and […]
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Hemp farmers and industry members cheered when federal agriculture officials lifted enforcement action requiring that hemp be tested in U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-registered labs and the disposal portion of the interim final rule in late February. Now they may have reason to cheer again, according to industry insiders. That’s because Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue told […]
CV Sciences, a San Diego-based CBD manufacturer that makes topical treatments sold nationwide, saw sales drop by 34% in the most recent fiscal quarter as the company blamed an overheated market for missing analyst expectations. “The category is simply over-branded,” CEO Joseph Dowling told investors Monday about the quarter that ended Dec. 31. During the […]
New York-based CanaFarma Hemp Products will start trading on the Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE) on Thursday. The listing, previously scheduled for Tuesday, was delayed at the company’s request “to account for world events relating to the coronavirus pandemic, which are expected to have caused extra delay in shareholders receiving their new shares,” a statement read. CanaFarma, known […]
Talking about hemp comes easy to Keith Jones, the new president of the Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance. He’s been growing industrial hemp at his farm in southern Alberta for more than 20 years. But Jones still talks about it like great discoveries and opportunities await. Hemp Industry Daily recently caught up with Jones to talk about the […]
I wanted to reach out personally to you to address the current public health situation that is directly impacting all of our lives, and to discuss what this means for our shared goal of ending federal marijuana prohibition going forward.
Texas has opened applications to grow and process hemp in the nation’s second-largest state. But state agriculture agronomists are warning that Texans shouldn’t look to wetter states like Kentucky and Oregon to predict production. The applications opened Monday and come with $100 application fees $100 licensing fees $300 sampling and testing fees A recent report […]
Hemp bans in California towns are common as the crop struggles to gather broad support in a state where nearly half of its counties outlaws hemp production. But in Oregon, where hemp has become a widely accepted stable, one city is considering banning production within its limits. The Medford City Council this week reviewed possible […]
(This is an abridged version of a column that appears in the March issue of Marijuana Business Magazine.) Cannabis is often touted as a self-sustaining crop that doesn’t need pest protection. Yet in 2019, outdoor hemp farmers saw heavy disease and pest pressure. As planting season approaches for outdoor hemp and marijuana, cultivators need viable solutions […]
Saying the hemp industry needs better research into cannabinoid safety and efficacy, Colorado CBD maker Charlotte’s Web has launched a new research division and tapped a former health diagnostics executive to lead it. Tim Orr is leading a new division called Charlotte’s Web Labs, a team of about a dozen that will expand the company’s research efforts […]
