The hemp industry has high hopes for thriving under President Joe Biden, but it’s still waiting for answers on some of its most pressing concerns.
Read MoreEU market regulator updates cosmetics guidelines to add CBD as legal ingredient
A key market regulator for trade in the European Union has updated its guidelines to add plant-derived CBD as a legal ingredient in cosmetics.
Read MoreEx-Trump appointee joins US Hemp Roundtable
A former federal prosecutor in western Kentucky has re-joined the U.S. Hemp Roundtable to lead efforts to cooperate with law enforcement. Russell Coleman was appointed by former President Donald Trump as U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky. He served from 2017 until Jan. 20, resigning when President Joe Biden was inaugurated. The U.S. […]
Read MoreUSDA coronavirus relief to hemp farmers on hold – for now
Hemp farmers getting federal pandemic assistance will see those payments frozen because of the changed administration.
Read MoreEditor’s Notebook: Why you shouldn’t stress about failure
You made it! Through 2020, that is.
But for many in the hemp and CBD business, it’s hard to celebrate.
Read MoreUSDA official touts hemp rules as ‘fair, consistent, science-based’
A top official with the U.S. Department of Agriculture praised the agency’s work on hemp this week, putting into doubt any plans to make additional changes.
Read MoreChart: Making sense of USDA’s new rules for disposing of hot hemp
The mishmash of U.S. hemp rules is on its way out.
More than two years after Congress made hemp a legal agricultural commodity, farmers finally have one national set of rules for growing it – instead of a confusing, state-by-state patchwork of guidelines on how to grow and test low-THC cannabis plants.
L’Oreal, Neutrogena alumna tapped to lead California CBD maker Papa & Barkley
A cosmetics executive has been tapped to take over California CBD manufacturer Papa & Barkley. Evelyn Wang replaces Adam Grossman as CEO. Grossman will lead the company’s board of directors. Wang comes from Milani Cosmetics. She was formerly an assistant vice president for L’Oreal Paris and, before that, was product director for Neutrogena Cosmetics, part […]
Read MoreChart: Hemp’s economic impact to US economy could near $16 billion by 2025
The hemp industry may be young — but still the niche crop contributed at least $4 billion to the U.S. economy last year, and could contribute nearly $16 billion by 2025.
Read MoreFDA withdraws pending CBD enforcement proposal
U.S. drug regulators have withdrawn their proposal to regulate over-the-counter CBD, handing the industry another setback after years of delay from the Food and Drug Administration.
Read MoreUSDA: Final hemp rules aren’t on hold — but new administration will review
Nationwide hemp rules released in the closing days of the Trump Administration aren’t on hold, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Read MoreFirst Big Tobacco cannabis player backs out after bankruptcy
Pyxus International, the first Big Tobacco company to join the hemp and marijuana industries, is getting back out.
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