…agriculture trade, a study that found millennials are a strong market for avocados and the impact and cost of farm protests. Also, find out how Kern County is using hemp…
Report Shows Licensed Hemp Acreage More Than Quadrupled in 2019
It appears that hemp acreage has quadrupled following the legalization of industrial hemp production enabled in the 2018 Farm Bill. According to the 2019 U.S. Hemp License Report from the…
Hemp Industry Concerns Regarding Senate Bill 153
Senate Bill 135, which addresses industrial hemp cultivation in California, is making its way through the state legislature. At the most recent Industrial Hemp Advisory Board Meeting, Wayne Richmond spoke…
Nearly Half of California Hemp Acreage Registered in Kern County
Kern County has inadvertently become the hemp capital of California, having more hemp acreage registered than any other county by a significant margin. With the recent legalization of industrial hemp…
Farm City Newsday Tuesday, 09-03-19
…benefits of healthy soil practices, agriculture land values that are continuing to rise and details on Kern County growing nearly half of California’s registered hemp acreage. Tune in to the…
EPA Considering More Hemp Pesticides
…the legalization of commercial hemp.” The 2018 Farm Bill officially legalized hemp with a tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) concentration of no more than 0.3 percent on a dry-weight basis, allowing for the…
Navigating the ‘Re-Hemption’ of North America
Some growers have already begun investing in the future of the new hemp industry in California, as part of what is being described as the ‘re-hemption’ of the crop in…
Farm City Newsday Friday, 06-28-19
…debt, hemp production in California and the considerations that come with it and the Seeds for Bees Program which now is open for enrollment. Also, Secretary Sonny Perdue is making…
USDA Farm Bill Implementation Progress Update
…Bill. Hemp: On April 18, 2019, AMS issued a Notice to Trade regarding importation of hemp seeds. Hemp: On May 28, 2019, AMS issued two Notices to Trade (NTTs) regarding…
Squaring Off Against the Unknown, California Hemp Grower Bets Big
…by a coalition of farmers excited for the California hemp industry to develop, planting 100 certified acres of organic hemp in Los Angeles County with aims to expand further. As…
Farm City Newsday Wednesday, 06-19-19
…case is being argued legally, but it all revolves around safety guards on machinery. Taylor Hillman explains in his report. Brian German has a report on production challenges facing hemp…
Industrial Hemp Grower Sees Crop as A Boom for California Agriculture
…of growing industrial hemp is a new development for today’s farmers, the cultivation of hemp was fairly common in the early days of the United States. It was not until…
Farm City Newsday Monday, 06-10-19
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted today by Brian German. In today’s episode we take a closer look into the how the hemp industry is…
Farm City Newsday Wednesday, 05-15-19
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted today by Taylor Hillman. In today’s show, we have another issue with an already complicated industrial hemp situation, Perdue…