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Next week, entrepreneurs will be given an opportunity to network, strategize, and get some expert advice from titans of the industry at the Entrepreneurship and Investment Summit which will be held from October 25-26 at the HempToday Center in Poland. The summit is one of a series of annual hemp-focused micro conferences that are jointly … Continue reading “Poland Hemp Summit to Provide Entrepreneurs Investment Opportunities”

In Wisconsin, the state’s Senate passed a bill designed to enable farmers to start growing industrial hemp on a commercial scale. The legislation is supposed to grant the right to control the state’s hemp program to the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. According to the Associated Press, the program was initiated in 2018 … Continue reading “Wisconsin Senate Passes Hemp Bill”

It may be hard to meet someone off the street and ask them to list at least ten products that can be made from industrial hemp. Most people know CBD, clothing and one or two other products, but this crop can be processed into tens of thousands of products. Bioplastics are one of those products, … Continue reading “Hemp Bioplastics Taking Root in North America”

The newly created hemp center at Oregon State University has received a $1 million donation from two industrial hemp entrepreneurs who have ties to the university. The Global Hemp Innovation Center was unveiled at Oregon State University in June this year and the gift from Oregon CBD is the first major donation that the center … Continue reading “Oregon Hemp Center Gifted a Million Dollars”

The existing THC testing protocols in a number of states have not gone down well with hemp experts. This conclusion was due to an incident where farmers in Colorado had to destroy 741 acres of hemp in 2018 because it exceeded the state’s regulatory THC limit. The experts mentioned that the THC testing standard in … Continue reading “Hemp Experts Unhappy with Current THC Testing Protocols”

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 … Continue reading “Ventura County in California Expects to Earn $100M from Hemp This Year”

About one month ago, Central Oregon was struck by stormy weather that affected close to 500 acres of industrial hemp. Four weeks later, farmers are saying that they may not suffer a complete loss since the plants are bouncing back. Matt Cyrus, the president of Deschutes County Farm Bureau, says some of the plants that … Continue reading “Oregon Storm Damage Update: Hemp Recovers, But Flower Development Still Uncertain”

So far, the samples of hemp tested by state inspectors have passed the THC test since they are all within the 0.3 limit set by federal and state law. This is the first crop of hemp that is being grown in the state from 1937 when the last hemp farm closed. Rick Pate, the Alabama … Continue reading “Alabama Hemp Farmers on Course as Plants Pass THC Test”

Consumers have taken to smokable hemp in a way that even the most optimistic industry enthusiast wouldn’t have predicted. While this mode of administration offers an additional consumption method that consumers can consider, smokable hemp comes with benefits for the industry and some possible drawbacks as the discussion below shows. Why Smokable Hemp Is a … Continue reading “Should the Hemp Industry Celebrate or Be Worried by Smokable Hemp?”

As the hemp industry takes root around the country, players at different levels of the value chain are bringing innovative ways to tap the opportunities that the industry has to offer. One farm in Whitefield, Maine has brought the pick-your-own concept from its fruit fields to hemp farming and this farm is set to make … Continue reading “Maine Farmer Offers First Pick-Your-Own Hemp Crop”