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Hemp is back in Wisconsin, but with optimism comes the challenge of a new market

Hemp farmers and their supporters are bullish about the future as they prepare to harvest their first crop under a state program that started five months ago. “Hemp can change everything if we utilize it right,” said Andrew Johnson, a…

Industrial Hemp Is On The Rise In Virginia

Somewhere near Cape Charles, eight acres of cannabis nods in an Eastern Shore breeze. It looks like pot. It smells like pot. Don’t call the law. The cops already know. This is a test plot of industrial hemp – a…

At George Washington’s Mount Vernon, a luscious crop of cannabis nears harvest time

Dean Norton, director of horticulture at George Washington’s Mount Vernon, pulls out his cellphone and cranks up some Jimi Hendrix as he walks toward the cannabis patch on the founding father’s estate. The weed is tall, planted in tight rows, and…

New Belgium Teams Up With Willie Nelson To Promote Hemp Production

New Belgium Brewing, which launched The Hemperor HPA in the spring, is partnering with Vote Hemp and GCH, the company behind Willie Nelson's cannabis brands, on the American Hemp Campaign. The effort, which is aimed at promoting the benefits of…

It’s Legal To Grow Hemp In Kansas, But It Won’t Be Easy

P.J. Sneed is a nurse at a hospital in Wichita, but only until the end of the June. That’s when he’ll quit to become a hemp farmer. “I’ve not grown a stitch of hemp,” he said. “But I feel like…

Minnesota Pilot Program Has The Industrial Hemp As High As An Elephant’s Eye

Michael Erickson’s newest cash crop was a real traffic stopper. As the little green plants sprouted in his fields outside East Grand Forks and began to unfurl their jagged narrow leaves, Erickson started to notice more cars cruising along his…

In Maine, Industrial Hemp Is The Crop To Watch

Farmer Ben Rooney spent several days last week rushing around Wild Folk Farm in Benton planting 300 seedlings of Maine’s trendiest new crop, industrial hemp. “We’re kind of in the heat of it now,” he said. It’s an apt expression;…

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…

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…

Can Industrial Hemp Make A Comeback In Iowa?

The momentum for legalizing industrial hemp in America is building. Iowa supporters of the once-prevalent crop, though, have moved on from being eager about its possibilities to anxious to get growing. Hemp got lumped in with its infamous sibling cannabis crop, marijuana, when…

New York Farmers Eyeing Big Benefits From Growing Hemp That Doesn’t Get You High

When 22-year-old Owen Martinetti and a partner moved from Queens to a farm in Rensselear County, his neighbors were certain the pair were growing "weed." They are — but not in the sense most people have in mind. To the surprise of many, they…

Oklahoma Department of Agriculture’s Industrial Hemp Program Is Taking Applications

Colleges and universities can now apply to participate in a new industrial hemp program that will oversee the research of the crop as a possible addition to Oklahoma's agricultural landscape. Lawmakers this year approved the pilot program. Individuals cannot hold…

Is Legal Hemp In The Hands Of Mitch McConnell?

The future of hemp legalization is up to Mitch McConnell. Period. House supporters of the idea tried to include legalization measures into the big farm bill lawmakers have been considering, but were advised to back off McConnell’s taking care of…

The One Thing Chuck Schumer and Mitch McConnell Can Agree On: Hemp

There's not much that the U.S. Senate's top Republican and top Democrat agree on. But one of the few things that fosters bipartisan cooperation in Washington, D.C. these days is cannabis. On Friday, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced that he's…

Hemp Growers In South Carolina Are On The Rise

May 2, 2018
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Less than a year into the program, the number of farmers growing hemp in South Carolina could double. That's because the South Carolina Department of Agriculture is making more permits available for farmers looking to participate in the Industrial Hemp Pilot…