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Some Minnesota hemp growers see new marijuana law as a threat to their industry

Do not count Ted Galaty of Zumbrota a fan of Minnesota’s new marijuana law. On Aug. 1, a red-letter day for marijuana advocates will arrive. Adults will be able legally to smoke weed under a new law that is expected to ignite…

Hemp farmers, retailers concerned with direction of Minnesota marijuana legalization bill

Lawmakers are making moves towards legalizing marijuana in Minnesota, after two dozen hearings in different committees at the Capitol. But that isn't stopping some in the hemp industry from raising concerns about how the bill will impact their existing cannabis…

NC Medical Marijuana Bill Held Up As Industrial Hemp Laws Sunset

There’s a growing industry here in North Carolina, and with it come countless rules, gray areas, and legal confusion—and no, we’re not talking about NFTs. The hemp industry has been blooming in the state for years, but North Carolina is one…

Amid struggles, Pennsylvania farmers eye potential in burgeoning hemp industry

Even as Pennsylvania’s hemp industry continues to face growing pains, farmer Rick Fundy knows there is potential in the trade. This year, he invested $5,000 to begin growing hemp on his future son-in-law’s Latrobe farm. With equipment already purchased for…

Swap the crop? New York hemp farmers eager to grow marijuana

Farmers dealing with depressed prices for plants that produce CBD are eager to take part in a statewide marijuana market expected to generate billions of dollars a year once retail sales start ALBANY, N.Y. -- Legal marijuana is coming to…

5 problems hemp farmers face this year

Bottlenecks abound on the production end—and that’s not even counting the fundamentals of weather and hemp farming competence. Five years ago, farmers were racing to get in on the hemp craze with visions of $100,000 an acre dancing in their…

Budding Hemp Farmers Struggle To Find Success In The ‘Green Rush’

Hemp farming exploded after the 2018 Farm Bill passed last December. The bill decriminalized the plant at the federal level, opening the door for many U.S. farmers to grow and sell hemp. Over the past year, licensed hemp acreage increased more than…

In their first year, U.S. hemp farmers struggle with bad weather, mold, inexperience

Ajit Singh strode across his 16-acre hemp field toward a broken-down harvester. He’d been hoping all day that the mechanic now crouched beside the machine could get it back up and running. It was late October and Singh still had…

Could Hemp Be A Savior For Kansas Agriculture?

Clark Kelman raises corn and soybeans just like his father and grandfather did on the High Plains of Kansas. There isn’t anything wrong with that, the fifth-generation Haskell County farmer said. But with water levels declining on their southwest Kansas…

Arizona Farmers Are On Their Way To Growing Hemp

Don’t be surprised if sometime next year you see acres and acres of what appears to be marijuana growing, unfenced, in the desert. But don’t bother stopping to pick some to smoke. Gov. Doug Ducey on Monday signed legislation that…

Why Not Hemp?

July 24, 2017
Andy Joseph
Cultivation, Hemp Business Executive, Hemp Industry News, Processing
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Ohio has legalized medical cannabis, yet hemp remains illegal. The only connection hemp has to cannabis is that they’re genetically from the same plant family. To lump the two together is akin to lumping tigers in with your domestic kitty.…