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Industrial rents in already-pricey cities like Los Angeles and Boston are poised to rise further thanks to one burgeoning industry: cannabis. Marijuana startups are snapping up space in those cities as part of a wave of legalization that was set in motion by ballot-box victories last...

For the first time in decades, industrial hemp is growing legally in Pennsylvania in research plots around the state. "It's just a field littered with dried cornstalks now, but in just a few weeks, a 3-acre plot in Upper Saucon Township should be covered with a thick layer of green not seen...

Around here tobacco and cotton are king, but the potential for hemp to take that spot has never been better. The state legislature passed a law last month that created a "pilot program" for industrial hemp production in hopes of bolstering research and pinpointing which growing methods work...

We commend South Carolina lawmakers Mike Pitts and Russell Ott for their bipartisan sponsorship of a recently approved industrial hemp bill. We also commend Janel Ralph, an industrial hemp advocate who fought hard for the passage of this legislation. All of them deserve credit ... The new...

Ever since the 2014 Farm Bill authorized industrial hemp research, there has been more interest in growing hemp as an agricultural product for either seed production or fibers such as textiles, paper, and cordage. In Canada, industrial hemp was legalized in 1998, and 80,000 acres are currently...

History was made at the North Carolina-Tennessee border Friday night as the first permitted industrial hemp plants were trucked into the mountains. The plants are part of a state-sanctioned pilot program to bring back a long abandoned industry. The approval process to grow hemp started in...

There's one piece of legislation that seems to be getting broad bipartisan support in Springfield. The Illinois Senate earlier this month unanimously approved a measure that would allow farmers to grow and sell industrial hemp, a strain of cannabis. But unlike marijuana, industrial hemp contains...

Members of the Guyana Hemp Association and its affiliates, including the newly formed Hemp for Victory Guyana Campaign Committee, have renewed their call for an engagement with President David Granger on the establishment of a viable Industrial Hemp Industry in Guyana. The groups are of the...

Western New York, with its (usually) friendly climate and fertile soils, has a strong agricultural history. The advent of tractors and rural electrification transformed the farming industry in the 20th Century. In the 21st Century, farming is being transformed by computers which can drive...

The state Senate has voted to allow Illinois farmers to grow industrial hemp. The legislation now awaits a vote in the House. Illinois Stewardship Alliance and Illinois Farmers Union initiated the bill and collaborated with the Illinois Environmental Council and Illinois Farm Bureau in a...

Our hemp program is off and running in NC. Farmer need recommendation for bulk industrial hemp seed. As weird as it is, our commission is only approving seed sourced internationally. They are worried about domestic seed because of crossing state lines and upsetting the DEA. I know it is stupid...

The greater Lehigh Valley scored a handful of the first 16 industrial hemp research projects approved by the state Department of Agriculture. Lehigh University researchers and the Berks County-based Pennsylvania Hemp Industry Council will partner on three different projects, and the Rodale...

There's a growing interest in industrial hemp production across Kentucky, drawing considerable crowd sizes to recent seminars in Christian, Clark and Shelby counties, Ryan Bowman reports The Farmer's Pride. Tom Keene, an agronomy specialist who focuses on hemp and forages for the University...

Without a word of explanation, Gov. Susana Martinez on Wednesday vetoed a proposed research program intended to clear the way for an industrial hemp industry in New Mexico, a key plank in the economic plan announced by Democrats in the Legislature at the outset of the 2017 session. Republican...

West Virginia is looking for its next niche crop. The West Virginia Hemp Industries Association (WVHIA) believes this niche crop is industrial hemp. The WVHIA has launched a Go Fund Me campaign to support industrial hemp as the stateâ€s new niche crop, said J. Morgan Leach, of Vienna...

A Republican state senator from Lake Havasu City sees economic opportunity in industrial hemp and wants to bring Arizona into the fold. Sen. Sonny Borrelli has sponsored a bill to establish the framework for an industrial hemp industry in Arizona. If passed, SB 1337 would legalize the...

A coalition of Westmoreland County farmers, academics and industry officials in April will start growing hemp on a contaminated site in South Huntingdon Township. The group on Thursday received conditional approval for one of 15 industrial hemp research certificates from the state Department...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - A bill legalizing the production and sale of industrial hemp was tabled by the Senate Agricultural and Natural Resources Committee in Pierre yesterday. After an hour-and-a-half of debate, a motion to send the bill to the Senate floor failed but the committee then decided to...

BISMARCK, N.D. - The Senate approved a bill today to help reduce the cost to the state to expand the state's industrial hemp production Sen. Jerry Klein,​ says five producers produced 70 acres of the crop last year making North Dakota the fifth largest grower in the country. This year, the...

Sante Fe, N.M. — A bill to create a research program for the industrial production of hemp in New Mexico heads to the Governor's desk. The Senate approved it Friday with a 30-12 vote. The bill would require the Department of Agriculture to set up an industrial hemp research program to...