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OSU Uses Sheep to Look at Viability of Hemp as Livestock Feed
Looking for a way to use spend biomass, researchers at Oregon State University are looking…
States Get an Extension to Comply with USDA Hemp Rules
State Hemp Programs are getting another year to get their plans into compliance with USDA…
Baltimore County Debates Restrictions on Hemp Farms
Baltimore County is looking into the possibility of setting restrictions in place for hemp farms….
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New USDA Report Underscores the Hardships Faced by Farmers During COVID-19 and Beyond
The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently released a report that demonstrates the tough times that…
Turning Waste into Fertilizer: How Microbes are Bringing Hemp Full Circle
With many farmers already out of business, only a couple years into the ability to…
California Wildfires Are Burning Hemp Crops
Hemp fields are joining the list of casualties from the raging wildfires in California and…
Maine’s Hemp Plan Gets Approved
Maine joins the list of states who now have a hemp plan approved by the…
University Gains Grant to Study Feeding Cattle Hemp
Researchers at Kansas State University are investigating the effects of feeding industrial hemp to cattle….
USDA Approves Missouri State Industrial Hemp Plan
On September 2, the state of Missouri’s agriculture department confirmed that the U.S. Department of…
Pakistan Becomes the Latest Country to Legalize Domestic Hemp Cultivation
On Tuesday, Pakistan ‘s minister for science and technology Fawad Chaudhr, in a tweet, confirmed…
Senator Cory Gardner Asks USDA For Delay in the Farm Bill Implementation
Colorado Senator Cory Gardner becomes the second U.S lawmaker to ask the U.S. Department of…
Fungus Hits Lousiana’s Hemp Hard
The first official hemp crop in Louisiana is off to a rocky start. Many of…
Minnesota’s Hemp Program Gets USDA OK
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) recently announced that the USDA has approved its hemp…
Oneida Nation Hopeful about the Potential of Hemp Despite Poor Performing Crops Last Year
Even though the pilot program for hemp did not go as planned for the Oneida…
California Farmers Trying to Fight Against Restrictions Lose Ground
After hearing that San Luis Obispo County was enacting new laws that restricted where hemp…
Hemp Advocates Work to Enact Hemp Checkoff Program
In order to make it easier for companies to market hemp, two different associations seeking…
Hemp Harvester wins Award
The 17th EIHA Hemp Conference took place earlier this month. The conference was moved online…
South Dakota Crawls Forward With Hemp Plan
After months of heated battles, South Dakota finally agreed to allow the cultivation of hemp….
High Grade Hemp Seeds Offers Farmers a Way to Diversify Hemp Production with New CBG Strain
High Grade Hemp Seeds is a leading producer of top tier hemp genetics. The company…
California’s Imperial Valley Experiments with Hemp
The southeastern Imperial Valley is known for crops like lettuce, sugar beets, carrots, and alfalfa….
Arkansas Farmers Plow Ahead with Hemp Despite 94% of them Losing Money in 2019
With the tally totaled, the numbers don’t look good for most farmers who tried to…