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Hemp industry groups join to explore checkoff program, but have long way to go
National hemp groups are organizing a campaign to establish a checkoff program – a sometimes-acrimonious system designed to raise money for industry research and promotion by taxing those who profit from the plant.
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Illinois, Wisconsin universities team up to test different hemp varieties with farmers’ help
The University of Illinois and the University of Wisconsin are recruiting Midwestern farmers to plant and test different varieties of hemp this year in exchange for discounted cannabinoid sampling.
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Michigan bill would raise hemp fees, require total THC testing
The Michigan Legislature passed a bill to largely align the state’s hemp industry with federal standards, including total THC testing. The measure also raises licensing fees more than 10 times. The bill has been waiting on action from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer since July 2, according to the Grand Rapids Business Journal. Michigan hemp farmers are […]
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HIA new executive director on COVID-19: ‘We hit a real cash-flow crisis point earlier in the year’
New Hemp Industries Association Executive Director Jody McGinness is coming into his role during a time of great change. The executive director role has been vacant since the departure of Colleen Lanier at the end of 2019. Months later, HIA president Joy Beckerman left abruptly under less-than-friendly circumstances. Meanwhile, some state chapters have asked the […]
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Hawaii wants ban on smokable hemp with new rules sent to governor
The Hawaii Legislature has approved a bill that aligns its hemp testing with federal law and joins other states in banning smokable hemp and CBD-infused edibles.
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Canadian labeling, potency lawsuit includes CBD products
A CBD maker is among more than a dozen Canadian cannabis companies facing a labeling lawsuit. The lawsuit, filed in Alberta by consumer Lisa Marie Langevin, accuses the companies and their subsidiaries of selling products “with THC or CBD content levels that were drastically different” from what was advertised. Canada allows 15% variance for most […]
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Judge tosses California farm from tribal lawsuit over seized hemp plants
A federal judge has blocked a California farm from being part of a lawsuit filed by an American Indian tribe over local authorities’ seizure of their hemp plants.
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FDA: Many CBD products contain far less, sometimes more, than advertised
Testing of CBD-infused products conducted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration found that many are mislabeled, containing far less or more CBD than advertised and in some instances THC that wasn’t supposed to be there.
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Canadian hemp company buys stake in German growing operation
A Canadian hemp company has bought a 5% ownership stake in a German hemp company with an outdoor growing operation of more than 1,200 acres. EuroLife Brands, based in Toronto, said it is issuing 500,000 common shares valued at $250,000 and a cash payment of $35,000 for its initial stake in Farmhus GmbH. As part […]
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Canadian cannabis firm acquires Massachusetts CBD producer
Vancouver, British Columbia-based Future Farm Technologies says it has finished its consolidation with High Purity Natural Products, a Southbridge, Massachusetts, company that makes white-label CBD and hand sanitizer.
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‘COVID-19 changed everything’: Q&A on Mexico hemp with Luis Armendariz
Mexico’s path toward legalizing hemp and marijuana has been a bumpy one spanning three years now, starting with a law authorizing the medicinal use of cannabis under 1% THC content. Since then, the federal agency responsible for issuing guidance for using medical marijuana published its rules on Oct. 30, 2018 – but revoked them five […]
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