CBD Facts You Need To Know

The see-saw hemp industry has challenged all layers of the supply chain, from farmers looking to capitalize on a new crop to processors trying to find formulations that fit quickly changing rules. Elixinol’s new CEO defends CBD focus, offers leadership advice for economic downturn is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal […]

Indiana’s law banning smokable hemp has come back to life after a federal appeals court ruled that a lower judge went too far in blocking it. The ruling means that Indiana can enforce its 2019 law banning the manufacture, possession and sale of smokable hemp products – while the case goes back to a lower Indiana smokable hemp ban […]

A federal judge has blocked a California farm from being part of a lawsuit filed by an American Indian tribe over local authorities' seizure of their hemp plants. Judge tosses California farm from tribal lawsuit over seized hemp plants is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

Testing of CBD-infused products conducted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration found that many are mislabeled, containing far less or more CBD than advertised and in some instances THC that wasn't supposed to be there. FDA: Many CBD products contain far less, sometimes more, than advertised is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, […]

A Canadian hemp company has bought a 5% ownership stake in a German hemp company with an outdoor growing operation of more than 1,200 acres. EuroLife Brands, based in Toronto, said it is issuing 500,000 common shares valued at $250,000 and a cash payment of $35,000 for its initial stake in Farmhus GmbH. As part Canadian hemp company buys stake in […]

A north Texas town courting a new hemp decortication facility has authorized $2.8 million worth of incentives to lure Panda Biotech to its town. Texas town authorizes $2.8 million to lure decortication plant is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

How to avoid heavy-metal accumulation in your hemp crop. How to avoid heavy-metal accumulation in your hemp crop is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

A Canadian MJ company planning to start hemp production, Pac Roots Cannabis Corp., has settled a joint venture in British Columbia in time to grow and sell hemp products in 2020. Canadian MJ firm settles hemp joint venture in time for 2020 production is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis […]

Vancouver, British Columbia-based Future Farm Technologies says it has finished its consolidation with High Purity Natural Products, a Southbridge, Massachusetts, company that makes white-label CBD and hand sanitizer. Canadian cannabis firm acquires Massachusetts CBD producer is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & […]

Mexico’s path toward legalizing hemp and marijuana has been a bumpy one spanning three years now, starting with a law authorizing the medicinal use of cannabis under 1% THC content. Since then, the federal agency responsible for issuing guidance for using medical marijuana published its rules on Oct. 30, 2018 – but revoked them five […]

Hemp transportation case in South Dakota ends in plea deal on related charges. Hemp transportation case ends in plea deal on related charges is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

Hemp isn’t a bust, despite the industry’s growing pains and all the headlines in the mainstream media that suggest otherwise. That’s the message Kristen Nichols, the editor of Hemp Industry Daily, had for entrepreneurs at the Hemp Industry Daily Conference Direct. “Everyone expected this industry to mature very quickly, but […]

Khiron Life Sciences has inked a deal to put its CBD skincare product line on the shelves of hundreds of drug stores across Spain. Colombian cannabis firm signs deal to bring CBD skincare line to Spain is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

The Hemp Industries Association has names Jody McGinness as its new executive director and has partnered with the National Industrial Hemp Council to explore the creation of a national hemp marketing checkoff. HIA taps chief, partners with industrial hemp group on marketing checkoff effort is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal […]

A county court has ruled against a group of California hemp farmers who wanted to block a local ordinance restricting where the plant can be grown. The Coalition for Agricultural Rights sued San Luis Obispo County after local government officials voted in May to require 2,000-foot setbacks for 400-acre hemp production sites. Cal Coast News […]

A Denver company that sells a line of CBD sports drinks is suing a Tennessee beverage company for copyright infringement, alleging the Nashville business is selling products with almost identical names as the Denver brand. Denver CBD drinks company sues Nashville business, alleging copyright infringement is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: […]

Corporate leaders in the CBD industry are increasingly coming from the consumer packaged goods universe, lending their experience and asking the hard questions to whip the nascent hemp industry into shape and navigate the enormous growth that entrepreneurs foresee in the market. Deanie Elsner joined Charlotte’s Web as CEO last year, bringing […]

Hemp industry must guard against cutting corners, says the CEO of Victory Hemp Foods. Overheard at HIDC: Hemp industry must guard against cutting corners is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

CBD first captured the attention of cannabis consumers, but other cannabinoids, such as CBG and CBN, may be ready to make a splash soon. That’s according to Blake Patterson, co-founder and CEO of MarketHub Retail Services, who took audience questions during at roundtable Wednesday at the Hemp Industry Daily Conference Direct. “CBD […]

A Colorado-based CBD company that sold a line of cannabidiol products at Dick's Sporting Goods stores nationwide has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Colorado company that sold CBD in Dick’s Sporting Goods stores files for bankruptcy is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis […]

Reading the business-page headlines these days, hemp pioneers can be forgiven for chuckling at how large and esteemed industries have no idea how they’ll survive when faced with the kinds of challenges hemp entrepreneurs have been dealing with for decades. Editor’s Notebook: Why the hemp industry is well positioned for an extended […]

“Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered” – and that’s a good way to think about seeking out large distribution deals for smokable hemp products, according to Jackson Garth, CEO of Verde Leaf Group, an Atlanta-based vertically integrated hemp company. Overheard at HIDC: Collaborate to strike distribution deals for smokable hemp […]

Retired Marine fighter pilot Amy McGrath is the Democratic Party’s choice to challenge Republican incumbent Sen. Mitch McConnell this November. The Associated Press on Tuesday afternoon called the race for McGrath over state Rep. Charles Booker, one week after Kentucky’s U.S. Senate primary election. The call came as absentee ballots […]

CBD’s surge in popularity over the last few years was a surprise to the hemp industry, which first envisioned other uses for the plant, including fuel and fiber for textiles, according to a Denver-based attorney. “Laws are shaped by the products and activities we envision,” Andrew Livingston, director of economics and research at […]

The World Health Organization's proposal to exempt plant-derived CBD extracts and tinctures with less than 0.2% THC from international control under a UN narcotics convention could be difficult to enforce, a United Nations monitoring body has said. UN body sees challenges for adding CBD footnote to international narcotics treaty is a post from: […]

Officials from the U.S. Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued guidance Monday to address banks’ questions about servicing hemp-related business customers. FinCEN reminds banks to treat hemp businesses equally to any other business is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & […]

The University of Texas at Arlington is partnering with a grow-light company to research different lighting effects on terpenes and other molecules in hemp. UTA’s Kevin Schug and the university’s Collaborative Laboratories for Environmental Analysis and Remediation is working with Curtis Mathes Grow Lights Inc., the company announced […]

East Fork Cultivars is a respected cannabis cultivator in the Pacific Northwest, and in the months ahead, the family behind the company wants to win over the rest of the country.  Oregon hemp producer leverages partnerships, retail presence to get national exposure, expand its footprint is a post from: Marijuana […]

The listing economy has job-seekers flooding into the marijuana and hemp sectors looking for work. Savvy operators already in the industry are shifting roles to stay employed and get an edge on the competition. Overheard at HIDC: Hemp sales jobs are hot, while cultivation sector getting crowded is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, […]

CBD manufacturers in the U.S. have more to worry about than confusing regulations about how the extract can be legally made and sold. Overheard at HIDC: Lawyers can bite even if FDA doesn’t is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

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