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Hemp CBD Regulations – webinar – Natural Products INSIDER
Webinar Information Start Date: Jul 02, 2020 – 02:00 PM EDTEnd Date: Jul 02, 2020 – 02:30 PM EDT Join us at 2:00 PM EDT on Thursday, July 02, 2020 The market environment for hemp-derived products is being shaped by key stakeholders. Regulators (FDA, USDA, and DEA); lawmakers (Federal and State); lawyers (class action); and …

Hemp Documentary On Amazon Prime: Josh Hyde Talks “American Hemp” – Ministry of Hemp
Hemp Documentary Comes to Amazon Prime: Josh Hyde, Director of American HempMinistry of Hemp Podcast   Today on the Ministry of Hemp podcast, we meet the creator of a new hemp documentary on Amazon Prime Video. Our podcast Matt talked with filmmaker Josh Hyde, who discusses his work on the documentary film “American Hemp” and …

Poorer and wiser, fewer hemp farmers gear up this season – vtdigger.org
Attorneys Tim Fair (left) and Andrew Subin of Vermont Cannabis Solutions. Photo by Anne Wallace Allen/VTDigger VTDigger posts regular coronavirus updates on this page. You can also subscribe here for daily coronavirus news. Please send your Covid-19 questions to [email protected] Just a few months ago, Andrew Subin and Tim Fair, Burlington attorneys who specialize in the cannabis industry, were …

State’s first hemp harvest exceeds what farmers can market – Alton Telegraph
Pat Morris The Center Square Published 1:45 pm CDT, Saturday, May 23, 2020 Nathaniel Kamp displays freshly harvested hemp plants earlier this fall in his first season of growing the plants in Calhoun County last year. Because of flooding, at times he and his wife, Jacqi Beachler, needed a boat to reach their crop. less Nathaniel …

On-Farm Trials for Hemp Get Growing in Florida – Growing Produce
How will industrial hemp fare in Florida’s climate? Commercial on-farm trials are underway. Photo courtesy of UF/IFAS Florida’s fledgling hemp industry is starting to test its wings. As the UF/IFAS Industrial Hemp Pilot Project moves into its second year, along with a green light from USDA to cultivate the crop, on-farm research trials begin with …

USDA Denies Coronavirus Benefits For Hemp Farmers And Blocks Reevaluation Requests – Marijuana Moment
A bipartisan coalition of 34 state and territory attorneys general are urging Congress to pass coronavirus relief legislation that includes language protecting banks that service marijuana businesses from being penalized by federal regulators. The case they lay out runs directly counter to seemingly coordinated statements by GOP lawmakers in opposition to the banking provision’s inclusion …

County may back hemp-processing business – Hays Daily News
PITTSBURG — Industrial hemp has seen rapid growth in Kansas since becoming legal in recent years, but could soon be given an even greater boost in the southeast corner of the state. The Pittsburg City Commission weighed the pros and cons last week of providing support to a new business that is looking to bring …

WA’s Collie Tapped For Potential Hemp Processing Plant – HempGazette
Image: chrisbeez The Western Australian town of Collie, around 200 kilometres north of Perth, might be the future location of a hemp processing plant. WA Regional Development Minister Alannah MacTiernan and Collie-Preston MLA Mick Murray last week announced $35,000 from the Collie Futures Small Grants Program (CFSGP) will go to WA Hemp Growers’ Co-op (HempGro) …

Hemp interest increases: Applicants for state program quadruple – The Decatur Daily
The number of applicants for the second year of the state’s hemp program more than quadrupled and, even though some have left the 2020 program, the number of active growers, processors and universities exceeds 500. Alabama Agriculture Commissioner Rick Pate is satisfied with the response to the state’s Industrial Hemp Research and Pilot Program, launched …

CV Sciences Reports First Quarter Earnings, Farmers Reflect on Lessons Learned in 2019: Week in Review – Hemp Grower
Just days after Collective Growth Corp. had publicly announced its filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission March 2, chairman and CEO Bruce Linton and co-founder Geoff Whaling set off to begin fundraising. They, along with CFO Tim Saunders, were aiming to raise $150 million by the end of March to make their initial …