As the push for allowing hemp to be used for animal feed in the USA continues, a minor cannabinoid has shown promise in easing stress in cattle. Assistant professor of beef production medicine at Kansas State University's College of Veterinary Medicine Michael Kleinhenz is looking to better understand how industrial...

Recreational cannabis sales start in New Mexico in just a couple of days. How will that impact medical cannabis patients? Where some other states have gone with adult-use cannabis, New Mexico is following. But one of the problems experienced elsewhere after legal recreational marijuana hits retail stores is supply of...

GW Pharmaceuticals' parent has announced construction of a new major cannabinoid manufacturing facility at the UK's Kent Science Park has commenced. GW Pharma is the manufacturer of Epidiolex, which was the first CBD (cannabidiol) medicine approved by the USA’s Food and Drug Administration. Marketed under the name Epidyolex in the...

More work at a government level is needed to enhance innovation and grow Australia's hemp industry says a Greens MP. After decades of prohibition, Australia was the last country in the world to overturn a ban on hemp foods in 2017. But hemp grown for use in food and other...

Missouri's Department of Agriculture last week announced recipients of grant funding to support expansion of industrial hemp fiber processing capacity in the state. Four local businesses were awarded funding from a pot of $700,000 earmarked by the Missouri General Assembly to help build the state's industrial hemp fiber processing infrastructure. "Increased...

Two U.S. Representatives have introduced a bipartisan resolution urging the United Nations to remove cannabis from Schedule 1 of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961. Reps. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) and Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) are also urging the UN to treat cannabis as an agricultural commodity. In the USA,...

NZ's Greenfern Industries say it is the first New Zealand medicinal cannabis company to be awarded B Corp certification. So, what is a "B Corp"? It's a designation indicating a company is meeting high standards of verified performance, accountability and transparency in various aspects; balancing profit with purpose.  By achieving a...

The latest update from Project Twenty21 indicates the initiative is still mulling over changes to medical cannabis pricing. Project Twenty21 was launched in 2019 in the UK to establish a large body of evidence concerning the efficacy and tolerability of medical cannabis, and to see medical cannabis access on the...

A new public-private partnership bringing together universities with hemp industry participants will help address challenges faced by the USA's hemp sector. Last week, the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) announced it was committing up to $2.5 million to establish the Hemp Research Consortium, with other members kicking...

Pennsylvania Senator Judy Schwank announced last week she will soon be tabling legislation that would see hemp permitted in animal feed. In the USA, animal feed is regulated at a federal level by the FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine (FDA-CVM). The Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) is the...