Hemp Industry News & Information

Vermont Hemp Industry Takes Over Burlington City Hall for Holiday Market

Mon / Dec 11th

The CBD and Hemp Holiday Farmers Market took over Burlington, Vermont’s City Hall – yes, City Hall – on Sunday… Read More

Pennsylvania Hemp Cultivation Could Reach 5,000 Acres in 2018

Mon / Dec 11th

Pennsylvania hemp production is expected to increase from just 50 acres this year to possibly more than 5,000 in 2018,… Read More

Canopy Growth Acquires Saskatchewan Hemp Cultivator

Tue / Nov 28th

Canopy Growth Corporation, a licensed medical cannabis producer in Canada with interests and operations in seven countries, is set to… Read More

Indiana Attorney General: CBD ‘Unlawful’ in the State

Mon / Nov 27th

In an official opinion released last week, Indiana Attorney General Curtis T. Hill Jr. said that CBD products “remain unlawful… Read More

U.S. Hemp Production More than Doubled in 2017

Tue / Nov 21st

Acreage of hemp crops in the U.S. more than doubled from 9,770 acres in 2016 to 23,346 in 2017, according… Read More

Australian MMJ and Hemp Firm Expands into China

Mon / Nov 20th

Australia’s Creso Pharma is expanding its reach into China, announcing the company has established a strategic partnership and commercial distribution… Read More

Alberta, Canada Proposes Provincial Cannabis Industry Rules

Fri / Nov 17th

Alberta’s provincial government has released proposed regulations for retail cannabis operations as Canada moves forward with their tax-and-regulate plan, which… Read More

Wisconsin Legislature Unanimously Approves Industrial Hemp Bill

Fri / Nov 10th

Wisconsin’s legislature has unanimously passed a bill to implement an industrial hemp pilot program. The measure falls in line with… Read More

DEA Spokesman: Agency Not Going to ‘Break Down Door’ of Parents Administering CBD to their Children

Tue / Nov 7th

In an interview with Indiana’s WTHR, Drug Enforcement Agency spokesperson Rusty Payne admitted that while parents giving CBD oil to… Read More

UC Davis Partners with Colorado Biotech Firm to Decode Hemp DNA

Fri / Oct 27th

The University of California, Davis has partnered with Front Range Biosciences, a Boulder, Colorado-based agricultural biotech company, on a project… Read More

Kentucky Seeks Feedback, Accepting Applications for Hemp Pilot Program

Fri / Oct 27th

The Kentucky Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for its 2018 industrial hemp research pilot program and seeking public comments… Read More

Belize House Passes Decriminalization, Hemp Production Bill

Mon / Oct 23rd

Belize’s House of Representatives has approved a measure to decriminalize cannabis possession up to 10 grams and legalize industrial hemp… Read More

Indiana Excise Police Continued CBD Enforcement Actions After Announcing Policy Change

Fri / Oct 6th

Indiana excise police – the state Alcohol and Tobacco Commission law enforcement arm – has at least twice cited stores… Read More

Canadian Abattis Bioceuticals Strikes South Korea Distribution, CBD Product Development Agreement

Wed / Oct 4th

Vancouver, Canada-based Abattis Bioceuticals Corp. is partnering with Global Damon Pharma to distribute and sell Abattis’ hemp-based product lines exclusively in… Read More

Wisconsin Tribe Adopts CBD Program

Fri / Sep 29th

The St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin have adopted a “comprehensive control program” for hemp-derived CBD and announced plans to… Read More

Hemp Cultivation Applications Open in New York

Fri / Sep 22nd

Applications for farmers to participate in New York’s recently expanded hemp research program are now open until Nov. 22 after… Read More

Inaugural Vermont Hemp Fest Hosts Thriving Industry Entrepreneurs

Mon / Sep 11th

Some of Vermont’s finest hemp-derived products were on display at the state’s inaugural Hemp Fest – and the event surpassed… Read More

House Committee Blocks All Cannabis-Related Budget Amendment Votes

Thu / Sep 7th

The Republican-controlled House Rules Committee has blocked multiple cannabis-related amendments from receiving consideration by the full chamber, effectively preventing the… Read More

Nebraska Attorney General: CBD Sales Illegal

Wed / Sep 6th

The Nebraska Attorney General’s Office and Nebraska State Patrol has sent a letter to county attorneys and law enforcement advising… Read More

Utah Demands Retailers Stop Selling Pet Food Containing Hemp

Thu / Aug 31st

The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food has sent warning letters to 27 Utah companies asking them to stop selling… Read More

Vermont Brewers Partner with Hemp Farm for CBD-Infused Beer

Tue / Aug 29th

Vermont-based Long Trail Brewing Company is partnering with local hemp cultivators Luce Farm on an infused beer using the farm’s… Read More

Queensland, Australia Advances Plan to Allow Hemp Products for Human Consumption

Fri / Aug 25th

The Queensland, Australia government has introduced legislation to amend the Drugs Misuse Act of 1986 to allow the cultivation of… Read More

Report: Hemp-Derived CBD Market Could be $1B Industry by 2020

Thu / Aug 24th

Hemp-derived CBD sales reached $170 million in 2016 and the market is estimated to hit a billion dollars in the… Read More

CBD Store Opens in West Virginia

Mon / Aug 21st

The Appalachian Cannabis Company, which specializes in CBD products, has opened in West Virginia – the first store of its… Read More

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