Elixinol Global (ASX:EXL) is selling off its Australian hemp foods arm, while Ecofibre (ASX:EOF) racks up impressive revenue growth.Elixinol Global Limited announced on Monday it will sell its subsidiary Hemp Foods Australia Pty Ltd (HFA) to a subsidiary of China's Shanghai Shunho New Materials Technology Co., Ltd.Shunho is to...

South Carolina Department of Agriculture (SCDA) announced on Friday it was to begin accepting hemp cultivation, handling and processing applications from February 1.For the 2020 growing season, there won't be any caps on the number of permits that can be issued and no limits on acreage under cultivation. However,...

Special status awarded to three more medicinal cannabis projects in Australia by the Morrison Government will help expedite progress on the ventures.The granting of Major Project Status means certain approvals are streamlined - but it doesn't mean a free pass; there are still hoops to jump through and hurdles...

Some widely held assumptions on THC levels in hemp have been put under the spotlight in a recent study.While hemp has far less of the intoxicating cannabinoid tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) than its cousin marijuana (low THC levels are what makes a cannabis sativa plant hemp legally speaking), it still varies...

There's a bit of exciting news regarding the prospects for cannabidiol (CBD) based products in Australia.Cannabidiol is one of the many cannabinoids found in cannabis; both in marijuana and hemp. Some hemp varieties have been developed that have very high levels of CBD, but have hemp's usually low tetrahydrocannabinol...

Nebraska's not wasting any time on getting started on ramping up its hemp industry after the state's plan received the all-clear from the USDA just a few days ago.As we mentioned yesterday, USDA recently announced the latest states to have their plans approved - Delaware, Nebraska and Texas.Nebraska's...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced the latest states to have their plans approved under the U.S. Domestic Hemp Production Program.Delaware, Nebraska and Texas all scored a guernsey, adding to the original state plans approved late last year -  those for Louisiana, New Jersey and Ohio.As well...

Colorado State University is having its cannabis research coffers boosted thanks to the generosity of an alumna.Leslie Buttorff graduated from CSU in 1979 with a B.S. in Statistics and then went on to achieve her Master's in Finance and Industrial Engineering from Iowa State University. Today she is the...

A bunch of celebrities have been jumping on the medical and adult-use cannabis bandwagon. Where they haven't; some have been pushed onto it - without permission.The last thing a relatively new industry needs are snake-oil salesmen and shonky marketing tactics, particularly where that industry is focused on health and...

Another product has been approved for use under Ireland's Medical Cannabis Access Programme (MCAP).Last year, Ireland’s Minister for Health signed legislation to commence a medical cannabis program that is to operate on a pilot basis for five years.Currently very limited in its nature, MCAP is only open to patients...