There have been increasing calls for CBD’s by-product, spent hemp biomass, to be investigated as a potential animal feed ingredient.
USDA announced it is expanding the pilot Multi-Peril Crop Insurance plan for hemp. The expansion will begin in the 2021 crop year.
As marijuana gets most of the press and vies for consumer dollars, there’s a whole other, less sexy angle — hemp. The possibilities here are intriguing.
Improved testing rules, an expanded testing timeline, and clarity around hemp transportation would help farmers grow and market this new crop.
USDA’s Risk Management Agency announced a new crop insurance option for hemp growers in select counties of 21 states in 2020.
Phylos, a Portland-based hemp and cannabis science company, has brought its first hemp seed, called AutoCBD, to market.
Industrial hemp growers will be able to obtain insurance coverage under the Whole-Farm Revenue Protection program for crop year 2020.
Hemp farming, legalized in the 2018 Farm Bill, could help change the decline in production and profits that many tobacco farmers are facing.
Hemp used to be farmed across the U.S., but its tie to psychoactive cannabis got it banned. Now, hemp farming could once again become an American staple.
These changes include removing hemp from the Controlled Substances Act, which means that cannabis will no longer be an illegal substance under federal law.