CBD For Pets Gains Popularity Among Consumers and Businesses: Week in Review

This week, Hemp Grower debuted cultivation data it has collected for the 2020 season, which revealed that hemp farmers throughout the country only grew a fraction of the acreage they were licensed for. But heads of state agriculture departments say that had less to do with market saturation and more to do with state-by-state licensing systems, fees and operating costs. Read more

HG also took a closer look at the market for pet CBD products and how one company, Nature’s Highway, is capitalizing on the opportunity. Read more

In other news:

• California has begun requiring anyone offering cannabis and hemp-derived products in the state must provide an appropriate Proposition 65 warning in accordance with the current regulations, with limited exceptions. Noncompliance with the new regulations may result in government or private prosecution, with potential penalties of up to $2,500 per day for an alleged violation. Read more
• The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) has announced its partnership with Roseville Farms for industrial hemp research program at the university. The program is designed to test new hemp cultivars, which must be approved before they are produced or sold in the state per the state law and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) rules. Read more
• New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced the state’s Cannabinoid Hemp Program is open for licensing applications. "The program is licensing cannabinoid hemp processors, distributors and retailers and setting quality control standards that all cannabinoid hemp products must meet, including manufacturing, packaging and labeling and laboratory testing requirements," according to a news release. Read more
• In Oregon, the state water resources department has begun fielding an increase in complaints regarding potential water use violations in hemp cultivation. During a recent side visit of 187 registered hemp sites, a manager with the department found nearly a third were in some sort of violation. Read more