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Hemp

Maine Governor Urges Federal Hemp Regulations as Businesses Lose Banking and Insurance Accounts

After Sheepscot General Farm and its pick-your-own-hemp field lost banking coverage, debate heated up.

October 28, 2019

North Carolina

In North Carolina, Lawmakers and Industry Stakeholders Fight Over Banning Smokable Hemp

S.B. 315 is a wide-ranging agricultural bill that includes a ban on the sale of hemp flower.

October 28, 2019

Hemp

WATCH: Virginia Tech Researchers Receive $500,000 USDA Grant to Study Cross-Pollination

The university will examine pollen dispersal between switchgrass and hemp.

October 22, 2019

Industry Headlines

What the Charlotte’s Web Plant Variety Patent Means for the Legal Hemp Industry

According to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Joel Stanley filed the patent application in May 2018.

October 22, 2019

Vendor News

A2LA Accredits Ohio's North Coast Analytical Laboratories and North Coast Testing Laboratories to ISO/IEC 17025

North Coast Analytical Laboratories and North Coast Testing Laboratories have been accredited to ISO/IEC 17025:2017 for cannabis testing.

October 21, 2019

International

UK Research Institution Studying CBD for Symptoms of Psychosis in Parkinson's Patients

King's College London receives charitable donation from Parkinson's UK to begin a first-of-its-kind clinical trial to study the effects of CBD on psychosis symptoms in patients with early-stage Parkinson's disease.

October 21, 2019

Legislation and Regulation

Colorado and Washington Regulators Propose Vape Rules, Pennsylvania Lawmakers Introduce New Cannabis Legalization Bill: Week in Review

Colorado proposed regulations to ban certain additives in cannabis vape products, while Washington adopted emergency rules requiring licensees to disclose ingredients and post warnings.

October 19, 2019

Finance

Organic & Natural Health Association Issues Buyer Beware: Amazon’s No. 1 Hemp Bestseller Contains CBD Despite a No CBD Sale Policy

Organic & Natural Health Association hired an independent, third-party lab to test Amazon’s bestseller, New Age Premium Hemp Oil, and results show 7.7 mg of CBD per 30 drops.

October 17, 2019

Finance

Neptune Signs an Extraction Agreement in the U.S., Expands U.S. Sales Team

Under the contract terms, Neptune will receive hemp biomass to be processed and transformed into crude oil extracts.

October 17, 2019

West Virginia

West Virginia’s Hemp Industry Growing Fast, With 2020 Season Expected to Surpass 1,000-Acre Mark

All told, 132 farmers grew 641 acres of industrial hemp in West Virginia this year.

October 15, 2019

Wisconsin

In Wisconsin, Farmers Blame 'Hot' Crops on Delays in State Testing

The debate in Wisconsin turns toward the 0.3-percent THC threshold—and whether it should be changed.

October 15, 2019

Hemp

Alabama Now Accepting License Applications for Hemp Growers

Applications are due Nov. 14.

October 14, 2019