After years of growing traditional crops, a Lincoln-area farm is giving Hemp Farming a go, with hopes of transforming the state’s agriculture. The fifth-generation 310-acre farm had grown nothing but corn, soybeans, and brome grass for decades, until this year....
The 2021 UN climate change conference has put Hemp in the News, and for good reason. Hemp captures carbon like no other crop on the planet. There is a lot of talk about carbon capture these days, specifically carbon capture technologies. But why look at pricey...
The Uses of Hemp are endless, from building materials and biofuels to textiles, but it can’t be used recreationally. Although hemp is part of the Cannabis Sativa family, and has a striking resemblance to its more infamous cannabis cousin, hemp has a much lower...
In Thailand, government officials give Hemp Politics a boost with plans to designate funds for its hemp industry. The Industry Ministry has set its sights on establishing Thailand as a hemp business centre, with a focus on medicinal hemp and tourism. Industry Minister...
The New Zealand government is showing its support of Hemp as Medicine by contributing a sum of $760,000 towards research. The government’s financial assistance will accelerate a research program that aims to set up a medicinal cannabis industry. The three-year...
New Zealand’s Hemp Industry is proceeding with caution by making sure a framework is in place before more farmers get growing. Farmers all across New Zealand are ready and willing to start growing the industrious crop, but the country’s largest hemp grower wants...
From medicine to animal feed, the many Uses of Hemp have secured a seat for the new crop in America’s Midwest. The Midwest has dominated corn production in the U.S. since the 1850s. Soybeans have been a strong second. Other crops have been grown in the area, but few...
Come harvest time, Sir Paul McCartney will be reaping the Benefits of Hemp, as he has just added the crop to his collection. He has been growing crops such as spelt wheat, rye and peas at his home in Peasmarsh near Rye, and recently revealed his latest addition, hemp....
The U.S. Department of Agriculture put Hemp in the News this week by awarding Oregon State University with a $10 million grant. The grant is to be used by the university’s Global Hemp Innovation Center to conduct a five-year study on economic opportunities for...
In U.S. Hemp Politics, a motion is in the works to broaden the legalisation of hemp and CBD products at the federal level. At a recent Hemp Roundtable Zoom conference, federal lawmakers, representatives from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Office of National...
