USDA Approves Georgia & South Carolina Hemp Plans
Fri / Apr 3rd
The USDA approved state hemp program plans for Georgia and South Carolina this week.
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Fri / Apr 3rd
The USDA approved state hemp program plans for Georgia and South Carolina this week.
Tue / Mar 31st
State-legal hemp businesses will be allowed to access financial relief under the multi-million dollar federal coronavirus stimulus package approved last week.
Thu / Mar 26th
The USDA has approved Iowa’s proposed industrial hemp plan; state officials, however, have specified that the program does not legalize the CBD industry.
Fri / Mar 20th
Kentucky lawmakers have advanced two pieces of hemp legislation: one would establish CBD label requirements and the other would legalize smokeable hemp products.
Thu / Mar 19th
Kentucky hemp processing company Atalo Holdings has filed for bankruptcy after “a failed capital commitment, which left the company unable to pay its creditors.”
Thu / Mar 12th
The Idaho House State Affairs Committee has blocked a bill to legalize hemp production in the state, likely killing the proposal and ending any hope for passing hemp legalization in 2020.
Tue / Mar 10th
Lawmakers in South Dakota have reached a hemp legalization deal with Gov. Kristi Noem, who had promised to veto hemp reforms without having funds set aside for costs associated with the plan.
Fri / Mar 6th
Bruce Linton, the renowned former CEO of Canopy Growth, has launched a new company focusing on hemp and CBD investment opportunities.
Tue / Mar 3rd
The coronavirus has now disrupted the CBD space after Expo West, the world’s largest natural products tradeshow, was canceled due to fears about a growing pandemic.
Fri / Feb 28th
The USDA has removed a requirement for the coming growing season that all hemp crops be tested by DEA-approved labs.
Thu / Feb 27th
Virginia lawmakers have passed a bill legalizing hemp cigarettes specifically to clear up confusion around the products’ legality.
Tue / Feb 25th
The World Ag Expo hosted its first-ever Hemp Innovation Challenge this year — it is one of the largest agriculture-based trade shows in the world.
Mon / Feb 24th
A recent study shows that not only do bees love the pollen from cannabis and hemp plants, but other direct benefits from the plant could help to protect their dwindling populations.
Fri / Feb 21st
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved industrial hemp programs for Washington and Wyoming, as well as the Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Oklahoma, the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation of Kansas, and the Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska.
Fri / Feb 21st
The Louisiana Alcohol and Tobacco Control Board has licensed some 1,500 businesses in the state to sell CBD products under the state’s industrial hemp rules.
Wed / Feb 19th
A proposal in Georgia would require anyone carrying or transporting hemp to be carrying proper paperwork or face potential arrest and jail time for cannabis possession.
Thu / Feb 13th
UK officials at the Food Standards Agency say CBD products will be pulled off store shelves next year if they have not received any form of regulatory approval by then.
Tue / Feb 11th
The USDA created a pilot hemp insurance program that covers against loss of yield for hemp grown for fiber, grain, or CBD; the agency also gave hemp farmers access to the federal Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program.
Mon / Feb 10th
Oregon regulators have approved a rule to increase the amount of THC allowed in hemp-based concentrates, extracts, or tinctures. The move is expected to help reduce the amount of hemp and hemp products wasted due to high THC content.
Fri / Feb 7th
GenCanna Global USA Inc., an embattled Kentucky hemp processor, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, but the company will continue operations during this process.
Thu / Jan 30th
An Idaho judge has ruled that Colorado company Big Sky Scientific must forfeit its 6,701-pound hemp shipment that was seized by Idaho State Police last year.
Thu / Jan 30th
An Ohio man who was arrested with 91 pounds of suspected THC-rich cannabis has been acquitted of drug charges because of the state’s hemp legalization law.
Thu / Jan 23rd
Oklahoma’s Cherokee Nation has announced plans to study the potential ramifications of major cannabis and hemp policy reforms.
Wed / Jan 22nd
A bill to legalize industrial hemp is set for a hearing in the Idaho Senate Health and Welfare Committee; farmers would be able to begin growing hemp under the proposal this year if the bill is signed into law.
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