Industrial Hemp

Hemp oil player plans distribution in CA dispensaries as first step in wider footprint in state

09-Jan-2018 By Hank Schultz

Hemp oil purveyor Phivida is expanding distribution in California, confident that its functional food positioning will insulate it from any regulatory vicissitudes.

Sessions opens door for stepped up cannabis enforcement; effect on CBD sphere unclear

05-Jan-2018 By Hank Schultz

A move announced yesterday by US Attorney General Jeff Sessions to allow federal prosecutors to pursue marijuana enforcement cases further unsettles the regulatory underpinning for those companies seeking to use hemp derivatives for nutritional products.

Raw material supply for CBDs increasing rapidly

02-Jun-2017 By Hank Schultz

Despite the continued uncertainty of the regulatory position of CBD products, the raw material supply of the ingredient is ramping up rapidly.

Demand for CBD still outstrips supply despite production expansion, hemp grower says

06-Jan-2017 By Hank Schultz

The supply of industrial hemp is ramping up quickly, as a company formed by growers in Kentucky reported $2 million in payments to farmers for the 2016 crop. But demand for CBD still far outstrips supply, a company officer said.

Evo Hemp to expand use of US-grown hemp: 'It's only a matter of time before the federal cultivation ban is lifted'

13-Jul-2016 By Elaine Watson

With 28 US states now allowing farmers to grow industrial hemp – a crop that stubbornly remains on the DEA’s controlled substances list although it has no psychoactive effects – it is only a matter of time before the federal ban on its cultivation is...

HIA petitions DEA to remove industrial hemp from controlled substance list: ‘It has no potential whatsoever for drug abuse’

02-Jun-2016 By Elaine Watson

The Hemp Industries Association and the Kentucky Hemp Industry Council have filed a petition with the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to remove industrial hemp plants from its list of controlled substances.

Hemp food and personal care US retail sales estimated at $283 million

15-May-2016 By Adi Menayang

According toThe Hemp Industries Association (HIA), total retail sales of hemp food, supplements, and body care products in the US in 2015 approached $283 million. With auto parts, building materials and clothing added, the figure rose to at least $573...

Cannavest gets CBD oil products on natural channel retail shelves amid mounting losses

02-Sep-2015 By Hank Schultz

Cannavest, a Las Vegas, NV-based company active in the CBD marketplace, has reported a sharp increase in losses in its second quarter, 2015 earnings statement. But the company also hit the retail market with its PlusCBD Oil product and secured significant...

Seed supply bottleneck strangles development of made-in-USA CBD supplements

21-Apr-2015 By Hank Schultz

For those monitoring the potential market of dietary supplements based on cannabidiol the message is this: Don’t hold your breath for products made in the US, if the experience of Colorado industrial hemp growers is any benchmark. The complex and in some...

Canadian firm Naturally Splendid latest to get into Colorado CBD game

25-Jul-2014 By Hank Schultz

Canadian company Naturally Splendid, which has long experience in hemp production, is the latest to move toward marketing a dietary supplement based on cannabidiol (CBD), a non-narcotic fraction of the cannabis sativa plant.

US-made hemp ingredients for supplements, food closer to reality with advent of Colorado production

23-May-2014 By Hank Schultz

Despite the continued murkiness surrounding the legality of non-narcotic fractions of cannabis sativa for dietary supplement use, one company is forging ahead with hemp ingredient production in Colorado.  And it doubtless will be joined by others, as...

North Dakota farmers to appeal hemp rights at federal court

13-Dec-2007 By Clarisse Douaud

Two North Dakota farmers who had their commercial hemp farming case
dismissed are now appealing the decision with the federal
court, further battling for the protein crop's right to grow.