Archive for the "Hemp" Tag

Vote Hemp, the nation’s leading grassroots hemp advocacy organization, has released its 2019 U.S. Hemp License Report. The report documents state-by-state progress […]

Certain industrial hemp growers will be able to obtain insurance coverage under the Whole-Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) program for crop year 2020.

New rules for growing and testing hemp are coming this fall from the USDA, and that has farmers anxious about establishing consistent […]

In January, a truck driver transporting hemp grown in Oregon to be processed in Colorado was stopped for a random inspection at […]

The EPA received 10 pesticide applications to expand their use on hemp. The 10 requests are the result of the December 2018 […]

Farmers facing low prices and mired in trade uncertainty see hemp as the next big cash crop, but a Kentucky veteran of six hemp harvests warned it’s a demanding plant to produce.

A Senate hearing Thursday on industrial hemp has underscored the difficulty of the task facing federal agencies trying to implement provisions of the 2018 farm bill so growers will be able to plant hemp next spring.

Powdery mildew may adversely affect flowering, plant vigor, and yields, although this disease rarely kills plants outright.

From the Southeast to New England, the Pacific Northwest to the mid-Atlantic, and most places in between, states are embracing hemp as a welcome alternative for growers struggling with low commodity prices. But there are still a handful of outliers.

Oregon State University’s new Global Hemp Innovation Center announced Thursday, coupled with a nascent national review board for hemp varieties and a handful of seed certification programs nationwide, are creating accountability by standardizing U.S. hemp for a global market.