WAKONDA, S.D. — As hemp harvest nears completion in South Dakota, John Peterson, owner of Dakota Hemp near Wakonda, South Dakota, is working to get his 450 acres of industrial hemp squared away before ...

WAKONDA, S.D. (KELO) — There are over 3,000 acres of hemp being grown in South Dakota this year, according to the South Dakota Industrial Hemp Association (SDIHA), much of it just one or two months ...

WAKONDA, S.D. (KELO) — Fields of hemp 10-feet high were waving in the breeze Tuesday about a mile and a half west of Wakonda, South Dakota, waiting for John Peterson, CEO of Dakota Hemp, to pass ...

Hemp growers nationwide scaled up this year after Congress legalized the non-psychoactive cannabis. They hoped to cash in on the booming market for cannabinoids such as wellness darling CBD, an ...

This is an important distinction between percentages and milligrams, because end consumers will never be able to buy hemp straight from the farmer, off the field. More likely than not, Graham’s hemp ...

A federal ban on most hemp-derived THC products is expected to go into effect in November. It could eliminate the most profitable market for farmers who grow hemp.

RICHMOND — Industrial hemp farmers were disappointed to see a measure killed in the House that would have increased the percentage of THC allowed in hemp grown for fiber and grain cultivation. Del.

Graduate student Joshua Asiamah loads harvested stalks of hemp onto an all-terrain vehicle to be hauled away and studied at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Mo., Oct. 14, 2024. Credit: Harshawn ...

WASHINGTON (Nexstar) — Virginia is joining other states as part of a pilot program to develop for hemp crops. Last year, Congress approved the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, which legalized and ...

The Idaho Farm Bureau Federation recently released information regarding an increase in hemp cultivation for last year. During 2023, farmers planted 1,273 acres of hemp, which is a massive increase ...