Legal and Politics
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 …
Seneca Nation to enter hemp growing industry with USDA approval – Salamanca Press
SALAMANCA — In recent months, the Seneca Nation has been diligently working on its Hemp Production Plan to enter this new industry in an effort to revive agriculture on Seneca lands. Jessica Crouse, hemp compliance administrator for the Nation, said the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) formally approved the Nation’s plan March 30. She …
The county’s hemp ordinance breaks from its own municipal code – New Times SLO
This letter is to address the Board of Supervisors hearing regarding permitting industrial hemp to be grown in San Luis Obispo County. The actions taken by the board majority is a violation of property rights. The excerpt below came from Chapter 5.16—Agricultural Lands, Operations, and the Right to Farm of the SLO County municipal code: …
USDA Says $19B Virus Aid Program Won’t Cover Hemp Yet – Law360
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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 …
Madera Supervisors Postpone Final Vote on New Hemp Ordinance – Sierra News Online
MADERA — The Madera County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday delayed a final decision on whether to approve large-scale expansion of industrial hemp in the county. The final vote on the new ordinance was scheduled for today’s meeting but the board made some last-minute changes, including increasing the maximum allowable size of fields from 50 …
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 …
USDA approves hemp plan for Massachusetts – The Boston Globe
Marijuana Moment is a wire service assembled by Tom Angell, a marijuana legalization activist and journalist covering marijuana reform nationwide. The views expressed by Angell or Marijuana Moment are neither endorsed by the Globe nor do they reflect the Globe’s views on any subject area. The US Department of Agriculture announced Thursday that it approved …
USDA Approves Hemp Plans For Massachusetts And Five Indian Tribes – Marijuana Moment
One year ago on Thursday, activists behind a first-of-its-kind drug policy reform ballot initiative in Denver were anxiously awaiting the results of a local vote that stood to set the city apart from any other in the country. Things didn’t look promising near the end of the night when they were behind—but as the votes …
198 Farmers Applied for Licenses in Ohio’s First Year of Hemp Industry – Hemp Grower
While hemp production applications opened in Texas just two months ago, Panda Biotech, a Dallas-based hemp fiber and cellulose processing company, is working quickly to build up the state’s fiber industry before the company kicks into full gear in 2021. The company has announced it is donating more than 60 tons of approved hemp fiber …