…years since we first raised concerns about the misbranding of these products, we’ve seen an explosion of imitators attaching the word ‘milk’ to everything from hemp to peas to algae….
Pro Farmer Releases Crop Tour Results
…from recent years, water hemp is not a major problem across the state and shouldn’t be a yield robber this year. South Dakota: 42 bu. per acre. The South Dakota…
CFTC Approves First Exchange for Hemp Derivatives
…allowed Seed SEF to register a swap execution facility, which is a trading platform. The hemp industry has long sought to distance the crop from marijuana, hemp’s biological cousin. Hemp…
Agri View: Cannabis Oil Possibilities
…which it is derived. Although cannabis and hemp have been used for thousands of years as a naturally growing herb, its reputation as a drug in many parts of the…
Western View: Growing Hemp, Yes or No?
Hemp has been in the news a lot lately, and with the push to legalize Marijuana there’s a related effort to remove the restrictions on growing Hemp. Hemp, Yes or…
Petition to Legalize Industrial Hemp
The Hemp Industries Association, along with the Kentucky Hemp Industry Council filed a petition Wednesday to legalize industrial hemp. The petition was filed with the Drug Enforcement Administration to remove…
Western View: Senior Citizens Supporting Marijuana?
…led to marijuana being classified as bad as heroin, and outlawed the growing of hemp, which used to be a highly profitable crop. New developments in medical marijuana include new…
Agri View: New Cash Crop
…hemp was a crop that touched a great many industries. An acre of hemp, for example, can provide as much fiber as two or three acres of cotton, according to…
Farm Bureau Delegates Set Public Policy Positions for 2015
…of honey bees and butterflies; • Supported the production, processing, commercialization and use of industrial hemp; • Called for an end to the Environmental Protection Agency’s attempts to require permits…
Governor Signs Hemp Bill
There could soon be another new crop for California. Governor Brown has signed the Industrial Hemp Farming Act, which legalizes hemp farming under state law. Sabrina Hill reports. Click to…