Outdoor cannabis growers, both hemp and marijuana, have long relied on plastic to pot plants, build trellises and tamp down weeds.
Read MoreTHC-null hemp variety headed to market could ease major financial risk for producers
A new zero-THC variety, the product of a research collaboration between private industry companies and Texas A&M AgriLife Research, will be available to hemp growers this spring.
Read MoreAmerican Indian tribe in Maine trials industrial hemp for polluted soil clean-up
An American Indian tribe in Maine is testing hemp as a phytoremediator to clean up 600 polluted acres of its land.
Read MoreSynthetic CBD may protect patients from contracting COVID-19, Canadian scientists say
More research saying cannabinoids may protect human cells from COVID-19 was released Wednesday from scientists in Ontario working with synthetic CBD.
Read MoreStudy: Consumers think delta-8 THC is delta-9’s ‘nicer younger sibling’
A research collaboration studying consumer experiences with delta-8 THC have found that those who use the products find that delta-8 THC provides all the benefits of delta-9 THC with fewer adverse reactions.
Read MoreUS cannabis producer Audacious ships hempseeds to Asia to kick off Thai alliance
A Las Vegas marijuana operator has sent its first shipment of CBD hemp seeds to Asia as part of a new partnership with a Thailand-based company.
Read MoreOregon State researchers: Hemp-based compounds can prevent coronavirus from entering human cells
New research out of Oregon State University has identified that two hemp compounds – CBDa and CBGa – show the ability to prevent the virus that causes COVID-19 from entering human cells.
Read MoreUSDA approves Oregon, Connecticut hemp production plans
Federal agriculture regulators gave the green light to state hemp production plans for both Oregon and Connecticut, allowing them to move forward with regulating hemp and registering producers for the 2022 season.
Read More4 CPG packaging trends to watch for in cannabis
Packaging innovations like artificial intelligence, remote analytics, digitization and even augmented reality are creating a new level of company efficiencies and consumer experience. But will these innovations cross over into cannabis?
Read MoreCV Sciences strikes new distribution agreement with GNC Stores
California CBD maker CV Sciences has added 770 new stores nationwide to its distribution network after signing a new agreement with GNC, a Pittsburgh-based health and wellness retailer.
Read MoreTexas researchers say they may have solved the problem of hot hemp
Texas hemp researchers are working to develop varieties that have optimal phenotypic and trait characteristics, knocking out some of the variables in the inconsistent and unstable genetics on the market that have caused crops to test over the federal legal THC threshold of 0.3% THC.
Read MoreVermont hemp producer buys grain and feed mill for processing
A hemp company has purchased a 131-year-old grain mill in Vermont, aiming to develop the business into an industrial hemp processing facility.
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