hemp

The value of U.S. industrial hemp production reached $445 million in 2024, representing a 40% year-over-year jump.  According to the National Hemp Report, released last week, total planted area for hemp jumped to almost 45,300 acres, 64% increase from 2023, with harvested area also rising to just under 32,700 acres.  Floral ...

A newly released report from the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission, the OLCC, reveals many hemp products sold in Oregon exceed legal THC limits, often lack proper labeling, and are being sold without adequate age verification.  These findings echo concerns heard by OLCC from consumers regarding the marketing of intoxicating hemp products and the dangers they present to children.   ... Read Mor

Oregon Senator Ron Wyden wants to increase consumer protections and regulations for hemp-infused beverages, and those in the industry appear to support the effort.  The Democrat spoke at the Pacific Hemp Beverage Industry Summit in Bend last week, telling the group federal regulations would ease the concerns of retail chains who have to deal with different rules in different states.  ...

Oregon State University is extending a partnership with the USDA to study potential future uses of hemp.  OSU’s Global Hemp Innovation Center is getting $5.5 million over five-years from the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service, to build a scientific foundation for the future of hemp.    “We’ve gone...

Idaho farmers are on track to plant almost twice as many hemp acres as they did last year.  According to the Idaho State Department of Agriculture, producers across the Gem State planted 1,273 acres of hemp in 2023, up from the 459 acres reported in 2022, the first-year hemp was a legal commodity within the state.   ...

As with any new business endeavor it often takes time to get it going and growing and that's the case with hemp in this country.  It's not only a new crop for farmers, on the production side, it also comes with it extra reporting and testing as well as other regulatory requirements that can be daunting.  Before ...

For the first time, the USDA will collect data on farmers growing hemp and using precision technology in the 2022 Census of Agriculture.  The agency began regulating hemp production in 2021, and this will be the first census to publish data on those producers, who grow the crop for fabric, food products, and CBD.  ...

A recent study by Oregon State University found hemp biomass could be the next big thing in livestock feed.  OSU Associate Professor Serkan Ates said his team found the byproduct of the CBD extraction process produces a high-protein, high-energy product with no harmful impacts to lambs in the study.  But, he was ...

Tests at the University of Idaho are showing the state has great potential for hemp production.  Pamela Hutchinson, U of I Associate Professor & Extension Specialist, is part of a small group of growers who are licensed to raise hemp in the Gem state.  Hutchinson ...

America’s farmers and ranchers will soon have the opportunity to be represented in the nation's only comprehensive and impartial agriculture data for every state, county and territory.  The Department of Agriculture will mail the 2022 Census of Agriculture to millions of agriculture producers across the 50 states and Puerto Rico this fall.  The 2022 Cens...