By Zaz Hollander
BUTTE — Alaska's future hemp industry barely drew interest from a few dozen people when a bill making it legal surfaced last year. But since Gov. Bill Walker signed that bill into law last month, the state official charged with rolling out...
By Gillian Flaccus
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — A glut of legal marijuana is driving Oregon pot prices to rock-bottom levels, prompting some nervous growers to start pivoting to another type of cannabis to make ends meet — one that doesn't come with a...
By Jonathan Greene
Kentucky farmers plan to grow the lowest amount of burley tobacco on record this year, according to a new report. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service recently released its “Prospective Plantings” report showing burley tobacco growers...
By Amy Bickel
On a recent spring evening, Joe Swanson stood in his field of winter wheat, envisioning a different scene across the Kansas landscape. A green plant with five-pointed leaves, and acres of it. “I’m fired up about hemp,” the 72-year-old...
By William Petroski
The production and marketing of industrial hemp would be authorized in Iowa in compliance with federal law under a bipartisan bill passed Wednesday by the Iowa Senate. The Senate approved Senate File 2398, titled the "Iowa Industrial Hemp Act," on a 49-0...
By Michael Dresser
The industrial hemp plant has a lot of boosters. They praise it for its hardiness and versatility. They say its oils yield food and medicine, its fibers produce clothing and plastic-like auto parts. They contend that when planted strategically,...
On Friday Rep. James Comer (R-KY) introduced H.R. 3530, a new version of the Industrial Hemp Farming Act along with 15 cosponsors. The bill gained support from Judiciary Chair Goodlatte (R-VA) and has several new provisions. We are excited about the...
In June of 2017 Vote Hemp was contacted by Kim Phillips, a family farmer from Montana who had received a state license to grow hemp. She planted the seed and after hemp plants initially sprouted, she didn’t receive any...
The Montana Department of Agriculture on Monday refuted a federal decision to deny irrigation water to a Helena Valley hemp farmer, department officials said. Kim Phillips, the hemp farmer, is in full compliance with state and federal regulations on...
By Gregory S. Schneider
RICHMOND — Marty Phipps started a business this year selling an innovative type of bedding for horses and small animals — a shredded substance that absorbs liquids, resists microbes and cuts down on smell. But because the product is...