A global biological controls company has purchased a Redding, California-based insectary that specializes in raising beneficial and predatory insects used for natural crop protection and pest control. International biocontrols producer purchases California insectary to build grower support throughout North America is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs […]
Federal agriculture officials announced additional coverage options through the pilot Multi-Peril Crop Insurance plan on Monday, allowing hemp producers more options for protecting their crops in the 2021 crop year. USDA offers new and expanded hemp crop insurance options is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs Views: […]
Learn more about the state of retailing in the marijuana industry at MJBizCon 2020. E-commerce bohemoth Amazon is likely to get involved in hemp CBD U.S. retail, according to a forecast revealed during the Hemp Industry Daily Forum as part of the cannabis industry’s flagship conference, MJBizCon. Sales of hemp CBD products are expected to […]
An Israeli company applying gene-editing tools to cannabis has bought a farm in San Diego and plans to start producing hemp seeds. CanBreed says it acquired 3.5 acres near San Diego. CanBreed is the first biotech in cannabis to commercially license a gene-editing technology called CRISPR. The technology was developed in 2010s and can be […]
Don’t miss MJBizCon 2020 for more discussion on the UN vote and what it means for the global cannabis industry. The international community is poised to acknowledge therapeutic value of cannabis and hand the medical sector a major symbolic victory on Wednesday when a United Nations committee votes on changing the way that cannabis and […]
Malawi’s new regulatory agency for the cultivation, processing and sale of medical cannabis and industrial hemp has said the country is ready to launch commercial production of the crop, the Reuters news agency reported last week. Malawi’s agriculture ministry said the licensing fees for the cultivation, sale, storage, and distribution of industrial hemp or medicinal […]
A hemp producer in upstate New York is suing a county sheriff over the 2019 destruction of hemp plants. Toadflax Nursery of South Glens Falls and the owner of its land, Z&M Farm, say that Washington County sheriff’s deputies wrongly destroyed more than 250 outdoor hemp plants after seeing employees leaving the field and questioning […]
Want to learn more about the FDA’s next steps on CBD regulations? Don’t miss the Hemp Industry Daily Forum at MJBizCon 2020, presented live Nov. 30 and available on demand. CBD businesses looking for regulatory clues from U.S. food and drug regulators were watching closely in mid-November, when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reassured […]
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Iowa’s first hemp harvest in 2020 was successful for some farmers but devastating for others. According to the Iowa Department of Agriculture, farmers in the state planted hemp on about 680 acres this year, hoping to cash in on the burgeoning hemp-derived CBD market. Prior to harvest, the state agriculture department performed 119 initial tests […]
