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Too often in recent years, Heather Skorinko has struggled to make money growing corn and soybeans on her North Whitehall Township farm, which has been in the family for more than 120 years. She has especially grown weary of the uncertainty sown by ever-fluctuating prices. Corn farmers have seen...

A bill to legalise the growing of industrial hemp in SA has been introduced into parliament and will be voted on next year. An international hemp consultant, a textile industries representative and Greens MLC Tammy Franks, who tabled the bill in parliament, believe the product has a future in...

Sunbury, Pa. – Pennsylvania farmers are being invited to participate in a newly developed pilot research program that will contribute toward a better understanding of what could be a new cash crop in the commonwealth and across the country. "Hemp has a long history here in Pennsylvania, and...

A bill to legalise the growing of industrial hemp in SA has been introduced into parliament and will be voted on next year. An international hemp consultant, a textile industries representative and Greens MLC Tammy Franks, who tabled the bill in parliament, believe the product has a future in...

Madison, WI — Over the past several months, Rep. Jesse Kremer (R-Kewaskum) has been meeting with the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, the Wisconsin Department of Justice, the Wisconsin Farm Bureau and the non-partisan Legislative Council in an effort to give new life to...

As marijuana legalization spreads across the country, the financial impact has extended throughout some areas of the economy. One sector seeing a big benefit is industrial warehouses. Because large facilities are needed to grow and store marijuana -- and because local laws often limit where...

Industrial hemp gets a bad rap, advocates say. The versatile plant, stigmatized by a different strain that yields marijuana, has been banned in Pennsylvania since 1937, according to the state Department of Agriculture. But similar to the way that opposition to medical marijuana is fading...

A local coalition of agriculture, academia and industry is facing a tight deadline to pitch projects for the first round of state-issued industrial hemp research certificates. "We want to ensure Westmoreland County has a seat at the table during this process," said Rep. Eric Nelson...

Harrisburg, PA — Pennsylvania is one step closer to reintroducing industrial hemp to the Keystone State as the Department of Agriculture today released the application and guidelines to conduct pilot research projects that will help to determine opportunities for its growth, cultivation and...

When: Wed, April 12, 2017 - Thu, April 13, 2017 Where: Phoenix Convention Center 100 N 3rd St, Phoenix, AZ 85004 Contact: info@imperiousexpo.com (903) 595-0633 Imperious expos focus on developing business for medical and industrial cannabis while not excluding recreational trade. Take home...

Yesterday was a "great day" for Canadian hemp growers because the federal government eased regulations for testing and cultivation of industrial hemp. Health Canada, in a Notice to Industry document, said it was eliminating testing for THC (the active ingredient in marijuana) in most...

What is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word "hemp?" Marijuana? I asked someone who is very involved in the fight to end the drug scourge in Washington County and I was a bit taken aback by his answer. His first words were, "There used to be a large processing plant in...

Mesa County, Colo. - The legalization of marijuana in Colorado kick started another product for potential mass production, industrial hemp. It's a crop that doesn't provide the high feeling that marijuana does, but the potential economic boom it could have on our area is slowly creating quite...

Salisbury, NC - Nearly two hundred farmers, business operators, and experts from Rowan and surrounding counties and several other states packed the Cooperative Extension auditorium on Wednesday to learn more about producing industrial hemp. It's an old crop that's making a strong comeback...

This campaign season may be one of the most contentious in recent memory, but there are five states offering a little something that could mellow everyone out. Largely overshadowed by the ruckus of the presidential race, proposals to legalize the recreational use of marijuana are on the...

Legal opinions, from top government legal minds in Belize, have been given, and they agree - the cultivation of cannabis for industrial use (fiber and seed) is legal in Belize. Still our top-elected officials and politically appointed bureaucrats continue to ignore the fact that the cultivation...

Hawaii's full House of Representatives has given unanimous approval to legislation that would explicitly legalize the cultivation, production and distribution of hemp in the state. The measure — House Bill 2555 — now heads to the Senate, where it's expected to pass. Under the proposed law...

Raleigh — The N.C. Industrial Hemp Commission will hold its first meeting Tuesday, Nov. 1, at 2 p.m. in the Martin Building at the State Fairgrounds. The meeting is open to the public. The state General Assembly passed legislation in 2015 to create a pilot program to research hemp production...

Raleigh — The N.C. Industrial Hemp Commission will hold its first meeting Tuesday, Nov. 1, at 2 p.m. in the Martin Building at the State Fairgrounds. The meeting is open to the public. The state General Assembly passed legislation in 2015 to create a pilot program to research hemp production...

Frankfort - Kentuckians interested in participating in the industrial hemp research pilot program in 2017 are invited to submit an application with the Kentucky Department of Agriculture. "The pilot research program will continue to build on the successes of the previous administration by...