Hemp News

Confusion and a lack of data on hemp cannabinoids is being exploited by biased actors to undermine the hemp industry’s fastest growing market. It has been about four years since Congress legalized hemp, and the reintroduction of this incredibly versatile cash crop to the U.S. has been fraught with obstacles; a lack of federal guidance, inconsistent and burdensome state regulations, and the bursting of a huge CBD bubble that cratered the market and left farmers

The primary method used to test Delta-8 THC product compliance can’t do the job. Hemp is the first cash crop to be (re)introduced to U.S. farming in decades, and the 2018 Farm Bill handed the industry a whole mess of unique challenges along with legalization. Farmers and manufacturers have been confronted by confusing and onerous regulations; there has been a lack of federal support in the form of subsidies and insurance for farmers, producers have

This week, the Hemp Industries Association welcomes renewing business members Pet Releaf, Bish Enterprises, Native Networks Consulting, and new business members Mountain Zest CBD and Revolt CBD. Pet Releaf started as a small family-owned business with the sole mission of creating effective, natural alternatives to pet health and wellness supplements made with honesty and integrity and has grown into the national leader in hemp-derived pet care products. Since its founding Pet Releaf has helped more than 2.5

Tennessee member NuSachi, Inc. did everything right, but the DEA is blowing off its own deadlines—and Congressional mandates—to prevent research into cannabis The DEA doesn’t follow rules that it doesn’t like —even when the agency itself drafted the rules in question.  That lesson has been driven home time and again during the history of the Drug Enforcement Administration, and is being emphatically underscored again today when it comes to producing marijuana* for clinical research. A

This week, the Hemp Industries Association welcomes renewing business member Mission Mountain Laboratories and new business member Hometown Hero. Mission Mountain Laboratories provides comprehensive Dietary Supplement, Food, Water, and Hemp/CBD product testing services worldwide from their ISO accredited facility in Ravalli, Montana. Utilizing a wide array of internationally accepted testing standards and analytical methods, Mission Mountain has built a sterling reputation by consistently exceptional service, extraordinary accuracy, competitive pricing, and rapid turnaround time. Hometown Hero

In the first part of February, HIA was glad to welcome new business members Hot Springs Hemp Company, Weaver Farms, and Natural Emphasis, as well as new farming member South Mounttain MicroFarm. Renewing at the Premier Business level (and making the second 2022 commitmement to HIA’s Annual Fund) is CBD American Shaman. Hot Springs Hemp Company manufactures 100% Arkansas grown and processed CBD, CBG, Delta 8, and other hemp products wholesale and retail online. Hot

  This week, the Hemp Industries Association welcomes renewing Business members One Farm and Pinnacle Hemp, along with two new Business members: Simply Crafted and Tennex CBD. Simply Crafted is a Minnesota manufacturer of premium hemp flower and hemp derived products available for retail (and wholesale) online or at their brick and mortar shop in Minneapolis. More info on Simply Crafted. Tennex CBD specializes in high quality, high volume extraction that wholesale, pharmaceutical-grade CBD oil

A Western Australian researcher with the Rural Industries Research & Development Corporation (RIRDC) this week announced the phase 1 results of a multi-year research project entitled Opening the gates to hemp-grazed livestock in Australia. The results, which are available online here, have significant implications for the potential utilization of hemp for the grazing of ruminants. Australia sets strict regulations that make it illegal to feed the following to food-producing animals: Any hemp plant that still has

This week, we’re pleased to welcome to the HIA new members the Illinois Hemp Growers Association  and renewing members C-SIDE Biopharma. Founded in 2018, The Illinois Hemp Growers Association is a women-led benefit corporation supported by the sponsorship, donations, and dues of approximately 1,000 grassroots members. The IHGA educates producers and consumers while representing the industry’s best interests in Springfield and throughout the state of Illinois. More info on the Illinois Hemp Growers Association. C-Side Biopharma

We’re pleased to welcome to the HIA new members this week: Hemp Mellow and Advanced Mobile Filtration Systems. Hemp Mellow offers sustainably sourced, full spectrum products formulated to provide a stress-relieving healthy alternative by optimizing the full spectrum entourage experience with the highest legal levels of ∆-9-THC plus CBD, CBC and CBG. More info on Hemp Mellow. AMFS Filtration offers mobile on-site waste water filtration services and remediation solutions using a patent-pending nanofiltration process that