Alabama

Hemp to hand sanitizer: Alabama veteran’s business adapts to meet coronavirus demand – Yellowhammer News
After the oil spill, the Gulf of Mexico and some inshore waters were closed to fishing. In this situation, the Gulf is open, but the customers are gone for the most part. Alabama Governor Kay Ivey and Conservation Commissioner Chris Blankenship have done everything possible to keep the outdoors open, but those who venture out …

For Alabama hemp growers, lack of information may be biggest hurdle – Dothan Eagle
HEADLAND – Hemp-derived CBD products seem to be sold everywhere these days, from your local health supplement store to wellness boutiques to big box retailers. You might even find such products at a convenience store. Growing the hemp plants to produce the cannabidiol, or CBD, for those products is not as simple. Specialists with the …

Hemp Production Meetings Scheduled Throughout Alabama – – Southeast AgNet
(ACES) — As industrial hemp producers enter their second production year in Alabama, the Alabama Cooperative Extension System is offering informational meetings for interested growers. Alabama Extension’s hemp action team has spent the past year researching and assembling best management practices for new growers in Alabama. Specialists and regional agents will provide informational meetings throughout the state …
So far, so good for Alabama hemp crop as THC tests pass muster – Los Angeles Times
Samples of Alabama’s hemp crop are in line with state law, so far. State inspectors have taken samples from hemp growers producing their first crops of the plant. Alabama Agriculture Commissioner Rick Pate said that samples from 45 licensed growers have all tested below the 0.3% level for THC, the psychoactive compound in marijuana. That’s …