Hemp

Hemp Farmers Eligible for Second Round of USDA Coronavirus Relief

Hemp farmers will have access to the second round of the USDA’s coronavirus relief plan, which will cost $14 billion and continue through December 11.

Hemp farmers are eligible for expanded U.S. Department of Agriculture coronavirus aid under a $14 billion plan announced by the agency last Friday. The program begins today and runs through December 11.

Pakistan Approves Government-Controlled Hemp Plan

Pakistan has approved a government-controlled hemp production plan that will allow hemp farming for industrial and medical purposes.

Pakistan has approved the legalization of hemp for industrial and medical purposes, the Hindustan Times reports. In a tweet, Science and Technology Minister Fawad Chaudhry called the reforms a “landmark decision” which will “place Pakistan in the billions of USD CBD market.”

International groups re-affirm hemp exempt from global drug rules

International stakeholder groups, led by the European Industrial Hemp Association (EIHA), have re-affirmed that the hemp plant and its downstream products are not subject to international drug rules while also urging that the maximum THC level to distinguish hemp from marijuana be raised to a full 1.0%.

Hemp industry struggles with federal regulations

Hemp — and the CBD products that can be made from it — may have been legalized by the 2018 federal farm bill, but members of the nascent industry say new federal rules make it almost impossible to make hemp products without breaking the law.

An alphabet soup of federal and state agencies oversees the growth, processing and distribution of hemp and its byproducts.