Acreage of hemp plants in the U.S. over doubled from 9,770 acres in 2016 to 23,346 in 2017, based on advocacy group Vote Hemp’s 2017 U.S. Hemp Crop Report. The …
Wisconsin Legislature Unanimously Approves Industrial Hemp Bill
Wisconsin’s legislature has passed a charge to implement an industrial hemp pilot program. The step falls in line with other state plans and federal rules requiring that plants contain no …
Kentucky Seeks Feedback, Accepting Applications for Hemp Pilot Program
The Kentucky Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for its 2018 industrial hemp research pilot program and seeking public comments on program’s preliminary draft rules. Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles indicated …
US group pushes hemp ‘center of excellence’
A U.S. hemp stakeholder group is developing a “center of excellence” to advance America’s industrial hemp industry. Two Pennsylvania state universities, Lehigh and Jefferson, along with the National Hemp Association …
South Carolina Signs New Hemp Bill
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster signed House Bill 3559 on May 11, 2017 legalizing the growth of industrial hemp in the state through the South Carolina Industrial Hemp Program. The new bill …