Hemp

In a first-of-its-kind US field trial, The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, is exploring how hemp biosolids can be utilized as a sustainable fertilizer.

The hemp industry now faces significant changes with new federal regulations. Here's how operators must adapt, strengthen compliance, and pivot product lines to thrive.

Our top cannabis news topics this week: celebrating Green Wednesday, Ohio’s Senate Bill 56 updates, a message from the US Hemp Roundtable, Healer’s November webinar, and research on terpenes and the ECS.

With the new hemp provisions in the government reopening bill, the industry is working towards action to help address the effects of the hemp ban.

Ohio’s Senate Bill 56 has been approved by members of the legislative conference committee, where the group has made revisions to the bill.

A recent study found that smoking cannabis may lead to decreased alcohol consumption.

The Veterans of Foreign Wars in the United States sent an open letter to House and Senate leaders requesting continued cannabinoid research to support veteran treatment alternatives.

Researchers with Oregon State University analyzed responses from panelists sampling cannabis inflorescence aroma, proposing a common framework for an established vocabulary.

Our top cannabis news topics this week: impacts on the hemp industry from the end of the government shutdown, regulation and business updates from Minnesota, and a Gallup poll on cannabis legalization.

The Senate’s reopening the government bill has passed but it includes a section that redefines hemp and can ban hemp products with a greater amount of 0.4 mg total THC.

MoreBetter Ltd, study organizers urge legislators to view the data in their before voting on a Senate hemp bill that could cause harm to the industry by redefining hemp THC amounts.

The US Hemp Roundtable urges action after Senate legislation threatens to redefine hemp limits—potentially eliminating 95% of businesses and 300,000 jobs nationwide.

The 39 attorneys general sent a letter to congressional leaders requesting a redefinition of hemp to exclude intoxicating hemp-derived THC products.

Our top five cannabis and hemp news this week: Ohio cannabis regulation updates, New York recalls and grants, indoor cultivation insights, and High Tide expansions.

Our top five cannabis and hemp news this week: Ohio hemp regulation, NY dispensary laws, updates from Florida, and medical cannabis research.

Governor DeWine issues a 90-day emergency ban on intoxicating hemp products in Ohio to protect minors and public health.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott issues an executive order to regulate product sales, requiring ID checks and testing.

An examination of survey data finds state cannabis laws strongly shape delta-8-THC use, with highest rates in prohibition states.

Here, we bring you our top five recent articles covering federal hemp ban, an interview with Reginald Gaudino, PhD, the reintroduced MORE Act, Delaware cannabis sales and rezoning, and restricting intoxicating hemp-derived cannabinoids.

The organization voiced its support of Texas and other states restricting synthetic hemp cannabinoids, urging science-based regulation to protect consumers, businesses, and public safety.

As more studies are being conducted on multiple parts of the cannabis plant, this study tested the root samples against four cancer cell lines, finding evidence of antiproliferation effects.

Hemp has the potential to be a sustainable resource for textiles and building materials, but it still has to overcome the stigma and regulatory hurdles that challenge its widespread adoption.

Hemp businesses that proactively adopt cGMP certification and rigorous documentation today will be better prepared when federal oversight eventually becomes unavoidable.

Using Raman spectroscopy to measure potency in wet hemp and cannabis plant material would allow cultivators to analyze plants in the field without having to dry them. In experiments testing this methodology, Raman scans were able to correctly classify 93% of hemp samples as being above or below 0.35% total THC, and in cannabis, analysis of total THC had a relative error rate of 6%, which is below the 10% error rate allowed by many jurisdictions.

Here, we bring you our top four recent articles covering research on cannabinoids and sleep, why enrolled patients turn to illegal cannabis, using spent hemp biomass as livestock feed, and testing cannabinoids on breath after ingesting edibles.