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WednesdaySep 25, 2019 4:00 pm

Hemp Road Tour Provides Details About Hemp Industry in Florida

The Clermont stop of the hemp road tour organized by the Hemp Industries Association of Florida (HIAF) provided an opportunity for the attendees to learn what form the state hemp production guidelines will take. The first piece of information that was shared had to do with how soon growers, processors and other industry actors can apply and get permits from the state. Helen Miller, who works with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, told the people attending that the hemp rules will be ready before the year ends and the permitting process will then start. She revealed that…

WednesdaySep 25, 2019 9:00 am

Hemp Specialist Gives Highlights of Indiana’s Growing Season Thus Far

Recently, Indiana was in the news when a federal judge ruled that it was unconstitutional for the state to ban smokable hemp. This week, a hemp expert at Purdue University Extension talked to the media and gave highlights of the production season so far. We captured the most salient issues. Planting Challenges The heavy rains in May and June made it hard for most farmers to get their crops in the ground, and many reported to the state authorities that they were forced to plant close to the end of July. The northern areas of the state were particularly affected…

TuesdaySep 24, 2019 4:00 pm

Vermont Innovator Makes Unique, Durable and Environmentally Friendly Hemp Guitars

When you hear the word hemp, your mind may immediately rush to cannabidiol (CBD), paper, and maybe clothing. However, one entrepreneur wants to make hemp musical instruments, particularly guitars, the next big thing that can be made from this versatile plant. Jay Burstein, the owner and founder of BugOut Guitars based in Randolph, Vermont, is the man who wants to transform the musical instrument industry so that manufacturers switch to using hemp. Burstein is quick to admit that he isn’t a hemp farmer and isn’t so much taken up by agriculture, but he was fascinated by hemp fiber and that…

TuesdaySep 24, 2019 9:00 am

South Carolina Hemp Arrest Triggers Legal Chaos

On Thursday, a hemp farmer was arrested in South Carolina for allegedly growing the plants illegally and the action of the state has ignited a legal battle which has sucked in farmers, lawmakers, prosecutors and state agencies. John Trenton Pendarvis is a licensed hemp farmer who realized that he had made an error when providing the GPS coordinates of his farm to state agriculture authorities. When he attempted to correct that error, the South Carolina Department of Agriculture referred his case to the State Law Enforcement Division for enforcement action. SLED agents promptly arrested Pendarvis and mowed down his entire…

MondaySep 23, 2019 4:00 pm

Canadian Hemp Farmers Lobby for Hemp Seeds with Higher CBD Levels

Canadian industrial hemp growers, especially on Prince Edward Island (P.E.I), have been lobbying their provincial and federal government to allow them to grow hemp cultivars that have not yet been approved but hold the potential for yielding hemp with CBD levels similar to what their counterparts in the U.S. are growing. Phillip Jennings, who grows hemp on both P.E.I and in the U.S., says that he and other P.E.I farmers have been writing numerous letters to lawmakers so that Canadian farmers can be put on the same footing as their American counterparts. Jennings explains that the Secretary for Agriculture in…

MondaySep 23, 2019 9:00 am

Former Lieutenant Governor Takes Hemp Leadership Role in Florida

Carlos Lopez-Cantera, the former lieutenant governor of Florida, has been unveiled as the president of the Hemp Industries Association of Florida (HIAF). The nonprofit association was started to support the commercialization of industrial hemp in Florida, and the introduction of Cantera was done on September 19 at the end of a hemp road tour in Tallahassee. Hemp Industries Association of Florida (HIAF) is the official state charter of the Hemp Industries Association which operates across the country. Hemp Industries Association has been working for 25 years to see that fair hemp laws are enacted and that a conducive business environment…

FridaySep 20, 2019 4:00 pm

San Antonio Hemp Tours Highlight Cannabis Benefits

The legalization of hemp has created a lot of interest in millions of people who would like to participate in different aspects of the hemp value chain. However, accurate information is often lacking, and that is the gap that one entrepreneur has decided to fill by organizing hemp tours in San Antonio, Texas. Ben Leeper owns The Farmacy Botanical Shoppe and he is also the organizer of the Alamo Hemp Tours. As a tour guide, Leeper takes interested people on a bus to five locations around San Antonio. Those five locations are selected on the basis of their specialization in…

FridaySep 20, 2019 9:00 am

Ventura County in California Expects to Earn $100M from Hemp This Year

Officials in Ventura County, California, say that the county is likely to be one of the largest hemp-growing counties in the state if the registered land for cultivation and the expected gross earnings of $100 million materialize at the end of the ongoing harvest season. Edmund Williams, the Commissioner for Agriculture in Ventura County, says that 40 percent of the counties in the state have imposed bans on hemp cultivation, and this could allow Ventura County to be the second or third top grower in the state according to the current statistics. Williams says that he sees no reason why…

ThursdaySep 19, 2019 4:00 pm

Key Concerns as Hemp Industry Awaits USDA Rules

As the nation waits for the White House to approve the draft USDA hemp rules so that the agency can publish them, the members of the industry have spoken out about the key things that they would like to see in the rules. We cover some of those priorities in the discussion below. THC Testing Clarity Currently, each state has its own patchwork of rules governing how hemp is to be tested for THC. This lack of uniformity has created a real possibility that a crop cleared in one jurisdiction can be tested in another state and is declared to…

ThursdaySep 19, 2019 9:00 am

These 3 Factors Could Hold the Keys to the Hemp Industry’s Future

The speed at which the newly legalized hemp industry has taken off is mind-boggling. This meteoric rise has even prompted some people to suggest that the hemp boom is just a passing fad, but the numerous applications of this versatile plant defies the classic definition of fads. While no one can accurately predict what sort of future awaits the hemp industry right now, the following three factors are likely to play an instrumental role in determining how far the industry will go. The USDA Regulations The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (aka the Farm Bill) transferred the supervision or regulation…