hemp

What if there was one crop that could produce a variety of really useful products? Growing this crop would probably seem like a no-brainer. Unless this crop is industrial hemp. Industrial hemp, one variety of the plant Cannabis sativa, can produce a wide variety of products. However, because...

I am a medical user and trying to find a high cbd low thc strain and heard hemp as higher cbd than marijuana? what is the usual percentage in hemp?

The subject of growing industrial hemp in North Carolina will be discussed during a "Lunch and Learn" session for farmers at the NC Department of Agriculture Piedmont Research Station in Salisbury on November 2, 2016. Legislation enacted by the General Assembly in 2015 established an...

Kentucky's industrial hemp research pilot program heads into its fourth growing season with expectations that it will continue to expand. Applications are being accepted through Nov. 14 by the state Department of Agriculture. But farmers should note that there are some new fees for...

One of the few encouraging developments in the otherwise dismal 2016 special session was the New Mexico Senate's bipartisan passage (35-5) of the Industrial Hemp Research Bill (SB11). It will lay the foundation for hemp industrialization and ample jobs in our state, both in the agricultural...

Lubbock, Texas - Advocates are working to allow Texas farmers to grow hemp, a cousin to marijuana. The Texas Hemp Industries Association highlighted the benefits provided by hemp and its many uses while pointing out that hemp is nothing like marijuana. In an effort to do just that, the Texas...

Eaton, N.Y. - New York's first industrial hemp farm in decades is taking root under a pilot program that's part of a national resurgence of a plant used for everything from food to building materials but long banned along with its smokable cousin, marijuana. A trade group estimates the value...

Motorists do double-takes as they gawk at fields of cannabis plants flowering just outside Ashland. But what they're looking at are 40,000 medicinal hemp plants covering 30 sloping acres at the foothills of Grizzly Peak on East Nevada Street. "There's a lot of people wondering what's going...

Though New Mexico is in the minority of states that does not allow legal hemp production, one religious Taos nonprofit is harvesting a hemp crop to up the supply of seeds for its sacramental growers. Gemma Ra'Star, founder and director of Wumaniti Earth Native Sanctuary, walked through the rows...

Medord, Ore. - Motorists do double-takes as they gawk at fields of cannabis plants flowering just outside Ashland. But what they're looking at are 40,000 medicinal hemp plants covering 30 sloping acres at the foothills of Grizzly Peak on East Nevada Street. "There's a lot of people...

Kentucky's Agriculture Commissioner is predicting 2017 will be the biggest year yet for the state's hemp program. The commonwealth is now accepting applications for those who want to take part in the pilot research project next year. Ryan Quarles wants to build on the increasing amount of...

A depiction of the churning of the world in the ancient Indian creation myth. Most people are startled to find out that every major pharmacy in America offered cannabis tinctures as medicine until the 1930's when cannabis prohibition began in the US. Cannabis has been used for over a...

Bismarck, N.D. - North Dakota's first crop of industrial hemp is showing promise, with returns better than a lot of other commodities. Three operations in three counties grew hemp this year under a federally approved research program. The goal is to determine whether hemp can be successful in...

Corpus Christi - Support is growing across Texas for legislation that would allow farmers the opportunity to grow hemp. If passed, it could bring hundreds of millions of dollars into the Texas economy. Hemp is a cannabis plant that has very small concentrations of THC, so the plant has no...

Louisville, KY - It was once thriving 550 acre hemp plantation and on Monday Farmington harvested its first crop of hemp since the mid-19th century. In May a crop of hemp was planted as part of Kentucky's Hemp Pilot Program. The program efforts to educate guests about industrial hemp and...

An increasing number of people are aware that before it was known for tobacco, Kentucky was prosperous because of industrial hemp, and today's generation of farmers and researchers are working to again unleash the crop's economic potential despite still being handcuffed by stiff federal...

A Tablelands agricultural company is sowing the seeds for success in the medicinal cannabis industry. Shane Garozzo and Joe Trimarchi of Trimpex International have launched an industrial hemp program with plans to obtain licences and permits for the cultivation and production of medicinal...

Eaton, N.Y. - A lush field of cannabis growing on a secluded hilltop in central New York may look and smell like marijuana, but its myriad uses don't include getting high. New York's first legal hemp farm in decades has taken root under a pilot program that's part of a national resurgence of...

Senator Leising, I wanted you to know that you have a right to your opinion on medical marijuana. You don't have a right to confuse your constituents on industrial hemp. The references you utilized in your article ("Legalize marijuana? Not so fast," Sept. 13 issue) make it appear that all...

The DEA considers hemp to be a dangerous substance and it's still classified as a schedule I drug, alongside heroin and ecstasy, even though the plant contains almost no THC and has no psychoactive effects. Many believe this classification is the result of the oil industry's grip on the...