U.S. President Donald Trump has again made it very clear he'll do what he likes when it comes to medical marijuana.Last Friday, President Trump signed  H.R. 1158, the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020” into law, which authorizes appropriations to fund the operation of certain agencies in the Federal Government...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Risk Management Agency has announced a new crop insurance option for hemp growers in some counties of 21 states starting next year.A pilot program will offer Actual Production History (APH) coverage under 508(h) Multi-Peril Crop Insurance (MPCI) for eligible producers. APH insures producers against...

Nebraska's Department of Agriculture (NDA) lodged the state's plan for hemp with the USDA last Friday for review - a significant milestone in the state's renewed embracing of the crop.Nebraska has certainly changed its tune on industrial hemp in recent times. Only half an acre of the crop was...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced late last week approval has been granted for the use of 10 pesticide products on hemp.Hemp is a pretty hardy crop, but it isn't indestructible. There are quite a few hemp pests that can reduce its fibre or cannabinoid yield, or kill...

New regulations were released in New Zealand on Wednesday enabling the local cultivation and manufacture of medicinal cannabis products."These regulations put in place the infrastructure that allows us to locally grow, manufacture and provide quality medicinal cannabis products that are intended to make a real difference to people living...

The USA's Department of Agriculture has extended the comment period for the U.S. Domestic Hemp Production Program.Released in late October, the interim final rule comment period was to last for 60 days, but USDA has extended this to January 29, 2020 in order to allow stakeholders additional time to...

The application process for medical cannabis growers, processors, dispensaries and laboratories in West Virginia (finally) kicks off on Thursday local time.Applications can be lodged online only and the application period will end on February 18, 2020 - no additional submissions will be accepted after that time.“This is a key...

Bod Australia Limited (ASX: BDA) announced last week a research collaboration with the University of South Australia to further research of Bod’s MediCabilis product.Bod and UniSA’s School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences' research will assist in ongoing product development and provide information for clinical practice and future research."This collaboration...

Australian philanthropists Barry and Joy Lambert have been bestowed with Honorary Fellowships from the University of Sydney for their support of medicinal cannabis research.It's a topic that's very close to their hearts. Their granddaughter Katelyn has Dravet Syndrome, a form of epilepsy previously known as severe myoclonic epilepsy of...

A recently released study has found bees really like hemp - and it seems the taller the variety, the better.Researchers from Cornell University's Department of Entomology  made repeated sweep net collections of bees visiting hemp flowers on eleven farms in the Finger Lakes region of New York state and...