When you have no idea where you’re going, your instinct is to look back. That’s why global upheaval caused by the coronavirus pandemic has everyone looking to the past for guidance. We search for clues in the Spanish flu pandemic of the 20th century—and the bubonic plague of the 14th century—hoping to draw lessons that protect our health now. Kristen […]
Hemp Industry Daily’s sister publication and parent organization Marijuana Business Daily has launched two cannabis-related discussion groups on Leafwire, a LinkedIn-style digital service for hemp and marijuana industry professionals. One group focuses on international marijuana business news; the other shares stories about the hemp industry. The two groups will bring MJBizDaily and Hemp Industry Daily stories […]
Another CBD company has issued a voluntary product recall after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration flagged it for making unsubstantiated claims. Biota Biosciences, a Seattle-based CBD manufacturer, is recalling lots from three injectable products sold by distributors to consumers that were being marketed without FDA approval: Cannabidiol (CBD) Complex, marketed to suppress pain and […]
A Chinese business that planned to buy a hemp food company from Australian-based Elixinol Global, a CBD producer, has pulled out of the deal, citing economic impacts from COVID-19. Sydney-based Elixinol had worked on an agreement for Yunnan Luxin Biopharmeceutical to buy Elixinol’s Hemp Foods Australia, but the Chinese company terminated the agreement Tuesday, according […]
Hemp production in 2019 wasn’t as simple or as profitable as many growers anticipated, as production costs far outpaced profits in most cases. Many traditional farmers who added the crop in 2019 expected to grow it fast and furious like other commodities. Many who used existing equipment found hemp to be tricky to plant and […]
A U.S. hemp standards group has added a former state attorney general and a former FDA official to the organization’s board. The appointments of former Arkansas attorney general Dustin McDaniel and Larisa Pavlick were announced Thursday by the U.S. Hemp Authority Board, a self-regulating organization. Pavlick currently serves as vice president of Global Quality and […]
Hemp Industry Daily is closed for the Memorial Day holiday and will resume its usual publishing schedule on Tuesday.
Oregon’s HempNova Lifetech Corp., which grows and dries hemp, has bought another hemp operation in southern Oregon. HempNova’s $2.03 million acquisition of Seven Oaks Hemp Center in Central Point includes: 45 acres of land a drying facility an 8,000-square-foot greenhouse a 6,000-square-foot warehouse. Based in Eugene, HempNova announced the purchase Thursday. HempNova CEO Ken Cai said in […]
A marijuana company that has been unwinding some investments in hemp in Canada and Europe changed course Thursday and bought a U.S. company that makes hemp-derived CBD. Canadian producer Aurora Cannabis bought Massachusetts hemp firm Reliva in a $40 million stock deal, checking off a long-stated ambition of the Alberta company’s executives to enter the […]
A Florida company that cultivates and processes hemp biomass has named a new chief marketing officer. Fort Lauderdale-based Green Point Research said Robin P. Pate will be responsible for developing new distribution channels, as well as brand development and partnerships to support the companies’ products. Pate was formerly with The Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing […]
