Washington, DC – So far ten states have decided that it is preferable to operate 2014 Farm Bill hemp pilot programs including market leaders Colorado and Kentucky. After reviewing the USDA Interim Final Rule (IFR), agriculture departments from Arkansas,...
(WXYZ) — Michigan farmers are calling it the next big thing in farming and for the state. Hemp farming is taking off to new limits with endless possibilities and growth. It's a new adventure for Michigan farmers looking to...
By Mark Niesse
This is where Georgia’s future hemp crop begins: in a pungent field at the University of Georgia, where several dozen cannabis plants are nearly ready for harvest. The plants are lined in rows on one-third of an acre, sprouting...
By Paige Browning
Store owners will start pulling CBD gummies and drinks off of their shelves in Washington. The state's Department of Agriculture has recently clarified that CBD is not allowed as an ingredient in traditional foods. CBD is a derivative of...
A farming business owned by the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska's economic development corporation will start growing hemp this summer on the tribe's reservation. Ho-Chunk Farms announced Thursday that it was one of 10 applicants that received a state license...
By Paul Specht
Farmers may get to grow and sell smokable hemp for another year. A legislative committee on Wednesday endorsed changes to the Farm Act, a bill intended to regulate the hemp industry, that would ban smokable hemp in late 2020....
By Destiny Alvarez
The Oregon hemp industry is booming, but still faces an uncertain future. A lack of consistent testing policies, outdated U.S. Department of Agriculture regulation and rules, and problems with banking were some of the issues behind the urgent tone...
By Don Jenkins
The number of licensed hemp farmers in Washington has more than doubled since May, according to the state Department of Agriculture. As of Tuesday the department had issued licenses to 87 growers, compared to 35 in late May. The...
By Monica Vaughn
Now that SC farmers can grow industrial hemp, how well do you know your cannabis? San Luis Obispo County supervisors have passed a temporary ban on new industrial hemp crops, just six months after the federal Farm Bill legalized...
June 14, 2019 The Honorable Stephen Alexander Vaden General Counsel Office of General Counsel U.S. Department of Agriculture 1400 Independence Avenue SW Washington, D.C. 20250 Dear Mr. Vaden: We write concerning a provision enacted as part of the Agriculture...