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A USDA official said earlier this week that the U.S. hemp industry could have a producer-funded checkoff program coming soon.  The Agricultural Marketing Service’s Director of the Specialty Crops Programs’ Promotion and Economics Division spoke at the Hemp Industries Association’s annual conference. Hemp Industry Daily n...

Corn growers in northern Franklin County have reported a problem in many of their fields, illegal marijuana grows.  Franklin County Sheriff Jim Raymond said these sweeps started a few weeks ago after farmers and citizens reported the pot plants.  ...

Corn growers in northern Franklin County have reported a problem in many of their fields, illegal marijuana grows.  Franklin County Sheriff Jim Raymond said these sweeps started a few weeks ago after farmers and citizens reported the pot plants.   ...

The U.S. hemp industry is poised for growth, but there are serious financial, regulatory and agronomic risks that farmers must understand.  A report by Rabo AgriFinance said the market is “highly fragmented,” and there is no reliable source for pricing and production data.   The rep...

Legislation that would provide federal protection for financial institutions that serve state-authorized marijuana and ancillary businesses passed a U.S. House committee on Thursday.  The House Financial Services Committee voted 45-15 to advance the proposed bill after amending it to include provisions to provide a safe harbor for insurance companies and improve access of financial services to min

A bill that would allow Oregon to export marijuana got its first hearing in Salem Thursday.  A bill that would create the possibility of Oregon shipping marijuana to adjacent states where cannabis is also legal has had its first public hearing, where advocates said it would give Oregon a way to relieve its oversupply and grow its brand.  ...

For the second year in a row, Oregon cannabis farmers have harvested more than a million pounds of usable marijuana.  The huge harvest (more than 453,592 kilograms) is again driving down prices for consumers and putting pressure on growers who aren’t getting the price they hoped for after a similar phenomenon in 2017.  Oregon’s...

Marijuana could take the next step toward joining pinot noir and craft beer on Oregon’s list of famous exports, under a proposal likely to go before state lawmakers in the New Year.  The Statesman Journal reports that the Craft Cannabis Alliance, a business association led by founder and executive director Adam Smith, is working with legislators to let Oregon start exporting pot to other legal-wee

An amendment to the Senate Farm Bill that recently passed out of the Ag Committee contains an amendment that would remove hemp from the federal definition of marijuana.  The amendment, sponsored by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, would free up hemp farmers to receive federal crop insurance under the 2018 farm bill.   “...

According to legislation passed during the 2017 legislative session, starting April 1st of this year, the Washington State Department of Agriculture will regulate makers of marijuana edibles within the Evergreen State.  WSDA’s Hector Castro told the Washington Ag Network it’s more accurate to say the Department of Ag will share regulation requirements with the state Liquor and Cannabis Board.  Sta