The Colorado Department of Agriculture (CDA) has added another half-dozen industrial hemp seed varieties that Colorado Seed Growers Association members can use.Last year, eight varieties of hemp were trialed across the state in five locations with varying differences in daytime/nighttime temperatures, altitude, length of growing season and types of...

There are now 6,764 people approved for medical marijuana cards in the U.S. state of Arkansas - and not one of them has been issued a card yet.Arkansas was among four states that voted yes to medical marijuana back in 2016. The road from there has been a bumpy one. For...

Proposed rules for the regulation of industrial hemp production and processing in the U.S. state of Illinois have been published and the Department of Agriculture (IDOA) is inviting feedback.Governor Bruce Rauner signed the Industrial Hemp Act into law in August, stating legalizing it "just makes...

Valley Green Grow's hopes of building a 1-million-square-foot (around 93,00 square meters) indoor cannabis growing and processing facility in Charlton, Massachusetts on the site of a farm and winery have hit a major bump in the road.Valley Green Grow (VGG) has been keen to point out the benefits of establishing such...

Cannabis advertising appeared in New York's Times Square for the first time on New Year's Eve.Conflicting opinions regarding how many people attend the event aside (estimates are anywhere from 100,000 to 2 million), it's certainly a high profile affair and one that advertisers are keen to take advantage of.Among the...

The State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy has published its last weekly update on statistics for the state's patient register. From the beginning of 2019, it will only publish statistics monthly.The Board reports the Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program has 4,964 recommendations in the Patient and Caregiver Registry, and of...

The latest stats from the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority (OMMA) indicate the program is doing quite well, particularly for such a new initiative.OMMA is charged with the tasks of licensing, regulating, and administering the program as authorized by Oklahoma law.OMMA reports as at December 31, 2018:33,099 patient applications received231...

A Bill seeking to establish a medicinal cannabis program in the Virgin Islands was approved by a majority of senators last Friday and has been forwarded to Governor Kenneth Mapp for final review.The U.S. Virgin Islands are a group of Caribbean islands and islets and are part of U.S. territory. ...

Kansas is now home to an institution that will educate farmers and the next crop of industrial hemp workers - America's Hemp Academy.Opened late last week in a ceremony hosted by businessman Joe Bisgono and Kansas Governor Jeff Colyer,  the Academy is located in DeSoto; a city in Johnson...

With industrial hemp recognised as an agricultural crop under the 2018 Farm Bill, surely banks will now welcome the sector with open arms. Or maybe not.In late 2017, the crop was set to make a return to the U.S. state of Wisconsin after Governor Scott Walker signed...