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 […]
Pabst Blue Ribbon, the 19th Century beer that experienced a 21st Century revival at the hands of hipsters and artists, is taking its latest act to dispensary store shelves.
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 […]
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 […]
(This story has been updated to correct the name of the representative speaking for the United States.) The United States says it does not support a World Health Organization proposal to remove CBD extracts with less than 0.2% THC from international drug control. U.S. State Department attorney Patt Prugh, speaking Thursday to a United Nations […]
A delegate for the European Union didn’t say Thursday how EU countries would vote on proposed changes to the way cannabis including CBD is treated in global drug treaties. But Stephan Klement said during a Vienna meeting of the U.N. Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) that the EU supports a December vote on the proposals. […]
This Canadair LTD CL-600 Challenger is among the luxury items connected to Integrated CBD executives after the company received a pandemic bailout (photo courtesy plaintiffs’ attorneys). A CBD company in Arizona is accused of bilking investors of millions of dollars and getting an emergency pandemic-relief loan while the business owners used the money to buy […]
Italy’s Agriculture Ministry has included hemp flower for “extraction uses” on an official list of agricultural products for medicinal purposes. The change signals the possibility of increased market opportunities in Italy for growing hemp for cannabinoid extraction, despite uncertainty about how the plant is treated elsewhere in Europe. The listing came in a decree approved […]
Hemp farmers have one more day to share criticism about the looming national rules for hemp production. The U.S. Department of Agriculture extended the comment period for its interim final rule, beginning Sept. 8 through Oct. 8. The USDA says it is most interested in public comments about: Measurement of uncertainty for sampling. Liquid chromatography […]
