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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...

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...

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...

Frankfort, Ky. — Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles urged the federal government to reconsider positions that would impede the ability of Kentucky and other states to carry out research projects on industrial hemp. "I am concerned that some of the positions set forth in [the]...

Kentucky's Agriculture Commissioner is asking the federal government to reconsider its latest set of rules regarding industrial hemp. Last month, Ryan Quarles said he would be reviewing the U.S, Department of Agriculture's 'Statement of Principles' to see how it relates to Kentucky's own...

DJ "Mack" McIntosh has spent the best part of the last 17 years lobbying New Zealand politicians and bureaucrats for the right to grow industrial hemp in this country. As chairman of the New Zealand Hemp Industries Association, he believes the industry has largely succeeded in that battle but...

The rich volcanic soils of the Atherton Tablelands look set to launch the beginnings of a new agricultural industry, potentially worth millions. Agricultural company, Trimpex International, has secured licences from Biosecurity Queensland to grow industrial hemp and carry out research, from...

Shenandoah Valley, Va. - Researchers at James Madison University are studying industrialized hemp in the Shenandoah Valley, looking at whether the crop can be grown using conventional agriculture. WHSV is not permitted to disclose the location of the 10-acre hemp field Avery Powell visited on...

Matt Funiciello, Green candidate for Congress in NY-21, today stated his support for legalizing industrial hemp production. Funiciello said that industrial hemp had the potential to be a multi-billion dollar market for small farmers, can be used in 25,000 products, and is environmentally...

Pennsylvania Farm Bureau (PFB) is pleased that legislation allowing agriculture-related universities in Pennsylvania to grow and research products associated with industrial hemp under the supervision of the state Department of Agriculture has been signed into law by Governor Tom Wolf. The...

A federal opinion on industrial hemp research programs may provide new opportunities in Kentucky. The report, called a Statement of Principles on Industrial Hemp, released by the United States Department of Agriculture, Food and Drug Administration and Drug Enforcement Administration holds...

Cortez City Council members on Tuesday delayed a decision about allowing marijuana growing operations in the industrial park, saying that they needed more information. Mark Rodgers, who owns property off Industrial Park Road, asked the council in May to consider revising the land-use code to...

On Thursday, the Carroll County Board of Commissioners are scheduled to continue deliberating and possibly vote on zoning proposals that will affect where growers, processors and dispensers of medical cannabis will be allowed to operate. The decision is potentially more important than it was...

For nearly four decades, industrial hemp advocates have extolled the virtues of hemp (cannabis sativa, variety sativa), a plant whose cultivation is still banned in the US, thanks to its scandalous distant cousin, cannabis sativa, variety indica. The latter is the source of the illicit drug...

Albany - New York's efforts to develop an industrial hemp industry are getting help from a new state law. Gov. Andrew Cuomo late Friday signed a bill that will let industrial hemp to be sold and transported under an existing pilot program in the state. The measure comes after the 2014 law that...

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...

Clarksville, Tenn. - The Tennessee Department of Agriculture is leading the way for the state's industrial hemp pilot program. Farmers were allowed to apply for licenses to grow the crop in 2015 with 54 approved growers for the year compared to 63 this year. Last year's crop was...

The Virginia state House of Delegates has passed a bill that will make industrial hemp completely legal throughout the state, overriding any federal interference. Virginia Legalizing Industrial Hemp Passed 98-0, every delegate jumped on board to seize their right, as a state, to lead their...