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A private email reveals the access given to outside advocates for the construction of the Industrial Hemp Act of 2023.

This week's podcast focuses on an industry stakeholder policy priority meeting at Noco Hemp Expo.

High Grade Hemp Seed Announces Platinum Partnership With SXSW 2021 PRWeb FacebookTwitterEmail LONGMONT, Colo. (PRWEB) February 03, 2021 High Grade Hemp Seed, a global leader in the production and sales of premium hemp genetics, announces Platinum Partner sponsorship of the prestigious South by Southwest® (SXSW®) 2021. SXSW is a yearly gathering of top global talent in the fields of film, culture, music, business and technology. The 2021 event will be virtual, billed as SXSW Online, and attendees will be treated to intimate online presentations ranging from this year’s featured keynote spe...

USDA Introduces Grant for Hemp Germplasm Collection Applications for the grant close March 30. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has announced a Supplemental and Alternative Crops (SAC) competitive grants program for hemp and canola. NIFA is looking to fund one project to collect hemp germplasm for the USDA Hemp Germplasm Repository located at Cornell AgriTech in Geneva, New York. The maximum grant amount for the hemp project is $125,000 per year for four years. NIFA describes the program as an “integrated research and extension program...

The hemp industry is united in its desire to see the definition of hemp change to accommodate a level of naturally occurring THC at 1%, up from the current, arbitrary 0.3%. At either level, THC is so low as to not be able to get anybody high. Crappy weed from the ’70s had maybe 7-9% THC, and marijuana at dispensaries today is typically at least in the high teens if not the 20s-percent level. The problem is that farmers can grow hemp that goes “hot”—exceeds that 0.3% level—which forces producers to destroy their crop and potentially get slapped with a felony from the DEA.