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Hemp Farming Act of 2018 introduced by Sen. Mitch McConnell

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s Hemp Farming Act of 2018 aims to establish hemp as an agricultural commodity, protect state regimes, add crop insurance, and bolster research. And right off the bat, the bill quashes questions about whether those hemp-derived CBD-rich extracts are indeed legal:

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Op-ed: America’s past holds clues for solving current issues with marijuana industry

Lessons from a troubled history of marijuana prohibition can make for a more sustainable and more inclusive cannabis industry today.

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Hemp power-players lobby Congress to shift mind-set, legalize crop

The U.S. Hemp Roundtable, an alliance of national trade groups and businesses, seeks to hammer home message that industrial hemp should be an agricultural commodity, not a controlled substance.

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California marijuana growers reeling from “most financially trying, stressful year ever”

California cannabis farmers’ harvest worries have been compounded by wildfires and new expenses of marijuana legalization.

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Going into its fourth harvest, industrial hemp industry still facing growing pains

The Colorado hemp market has grown exponentially since it became legal, and farmers this year are expected to harvest 9,000 acres – up from 200 acres in 2014.

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Trading veggies for herb: Produce grower planting cannabis in million-square-foot greenhouse

Large-scale greenhouse-grown cannabis is about to explode in Canada, where a fruit-and-vegetable giant is joining forces with medical cannabis producer. And bigger grows are also a stateside endeavor.

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Hemp products booming, but U.S. farmers hampered by its Schedule I status

The U.S. remains the largest consumer market for hemp products worldwide, but hemp remains illegal under federal law as a dangerous Schedule I substance.

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Hemp for cows? Colorado approves hemp-animal feed study

Colorado livestock could be eating hemp under a bill that passed the state Senate Tuesday.

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