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South Dakota House passes industrial hemp bill, sends it to Senate

The industrial hemp bill has passed the South Dakota House and is now headed to the Senate. The House passed HB 1008 in a 54-12 vote on Tuesday. The bill needs a two-thirds majority vote to pass because it includes…

A bill to legalize hemp in Idaho is coming back in 2020

January 2, 2020
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Idaho
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Before long, Ryan Shore hopes to be in Idaho talking to hemp farmers about buying some of his company’s crop. It may seem like an optimistic stance to take for the CEO of Big Sky Scientific, the cannabidiol, or CBD,…

Marijuana Mitch? How McConnell’s hemp push has made pot busts harder

September 25, 2019
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Kentucky
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Mitch McConnell’s big victory for his home state hemp industry may have made it easier for people busted for marijuana to get off the hook. Last year, McConnell pushed to get a provision legalizing hemp into the farm bill. His…

Even farmers are shifting from tobacco to hemp and CBD

Will Brownlow, who has been farming in southeast Kentucky for close to three decades, says he first planted 10 acres of hemp in 2016 for the “novelty factor.” This year, he planted 40, and next year he plans to cover…

McConnell Says Industrial Hemp Will Be In Farm Bill

Farm bill negotiators in Congress have struggled to resolve differences over work requirements for food stamp recipients, but the Senate's top Republican guarantees the final version will include legalization of hemp. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Friday that completing…

How legalization of hemp can help New York industry

Trees with fading leaves of early fall surrounded a wide field near Livingston at Old Mud Creek Farm, the home of Hudson Hemp. The site is one of the few legal hemp farms in the state, and may be a…

How a Pair of Kentucky Pols Are About to Legalize Hemp

On nights that Congress is in session, Rep. James Comer, a farmer from Kentucky, lays down on a fold-up mattress in his office on the fifth floor of the Longworth building and hits the lights by 10:30. Before he does,…

California’s exploding market for hemp CBD products rocked by sporadic crackdowns

The pink menus at Coffee Dose, a Costa Mesa coffee shop, list lattes infused with trendy ingredients such as tumeric powder and grass-fed butter. The menus also have several ingredients carefully hidden by lines of Wite-Out. But look closely enough…

How Hemp Can Help India Achieve Its Sustainable Development Goals

It is a racing certainty that businesses have an important role to play in preventing climate change. But businesses are predicated on profits, and not long ago, entrepreneurs considering businesses that incorporate climate solutions were thought to be “hare-brained”. However,…

Senate Agriculture Panel Passes Farm Bill With Hemp Legalization

The Senate Agriculture Committee on Wednesday passed the massive farm bill by a 20-1 vote and overcame an attempt to tighten subsidy payments to farmers. The draft farm bill, officially known as the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, contains more than…

Mitch McConnell Announces Bill To Legalize Industrial Hemp

March 27, 2018
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Hemp Business Executive, Hemp Policy & Legal
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The head of the U.S. Senate announced on Monday that he will soon be filing a bill to legalize industrial hemp and allocate federal money for cultivation of the crop. "We all are so optimistic that industrial hemp can become…