As the U.S. hemp industry waits to see what happens next with the federal hemp production program, more state-run programs have decided to keep the status quo for another year. Less than a week after the U.S. Department of Agriculture closed a public comment period on its hemp rules, five more states announced they will […]
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University looking for hemp industry guidance to identify research priorities
Michigan State University is looking to the hemp industry to provide guidance on research and outreach needs. University researchers are asking growers who are currently producing or plan to produce hemp for biomass, fiber, grain or CBD to participate in an industrial hemp survey. The survey asks growers to prioritize areas where they could use […]
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MI creates emergency hemp testing rules while states await USDA direction
Michigan regulators have adopted rules that create testing standards for farmers’ first crop of industrial hemp. A pilot program was launched this year allowing for the growing and processing of hemp in the state. The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) announced emergency rules that establish sampling and analytical testing methods for measuring […]
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Michigan hemp farmers worry privacy law could hurt business
Some in Michigan’s fledgling hemp industry are concerned that a state privacy law preventing agriculture officials from disclosing hemp farmers’ identities and locations could negatively affect their businesses. As a stipulation under the 2018 Farm Bill, applicants who seek to produce and process hemp must give their GPS coordinates. But the Michigan attorney general’s office […]
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Mattress firm navigates tricky hemp-fiber market
A Michigan company hopes to be at the forefront of industrial hemp textile and fabric adoption by marketing hemp mattresses to millennials. However, short supply of hemp fiber for textiles and fabric is creating challenges for the company and driving up the price. “When we went on the hunt for the ingredients to build the […]
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Michigan farmers cleared for hemp production for 2019 season
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the state’s agriculture department launched hemp licensing for the 2019 planting season Thursday, ensuring that Michigan’s agriculture industry won’t miss out this year. “Michigan is uniquely positioned to grow, process and manufacture industrial hemp (as) one of the nation’s most agriculturally diverse states,” Whitmer said in a news release from the […]
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As CBD crackdown spreads, New York politician vows to halt ‘overreaction’
More restaurants and facilities nationwide report they can’t sell CBD anymore, even as an official in New York City vows to turn back the Big Apple’s crackdown on CBD use in eateries. In the past week, enforcement letters and product seizures spread to new jurisdictions, a response to December comments from the U.S. Food and Drug […]
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Michigan quietly repeals CBD ban, sets hemp fees
Michigan is opening its CBD market beyond medical marijuana dispensaries after the governor signed a bill enabling the manufacture and use of hemp-derived CBD, the Detroit Free Press reported. The new law reverses a CBD limit enacted in May 2018 by Michigan’s Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs and the Bureau of Medical Marihuana Regulation, […]
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Hemp on the ballot in key states, with THC limits and production rules on the line
Hemp changes don’t garner public attention the same way marijuana questions do, but ballot measures in a few key states could have a big impact on those markets. Voters in Colorado, the nation’s top-producing hemp state, will decide Nov. 6 whether to change the state constitution to make it easier to adjust hemp’s legal THC […]
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Stricter regulations stifle Michigan CBD market
CBD processing and sales are still legal in Michigan, but now they must be conducted within the revised, regulated medical marijuana market – at a cost many producers see as too high. Rick Thompson, a board member at the Michigan affiliate of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), said the May […]
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Michigan Mayhem: CBD rules drive producers out of state
In the wake of new regulations putting nonintoxicating cannabidiol under the same rules as THC-heavy marijuana, CBD manufacturers announced plans to leave Michigan for other states.
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Michigan will regulate CBD as it does marijuana
Michigan regulators say products made from CBD will now be covered under medical marijuana laws. The state Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs on Thursday issued a notice about the regulation of CBD because of “confusion over its legality, the Detroit Metro Times reported.
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