The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking White House approval for updates to a series of forms it distributes to hemp farmers and regulators to better understand the state of the industry.

Rep. James Baird introduced the bill, which calls for an amendment to the federal spending bill that was signed late last year. Instead of the hemp-THC ban taking effect this November, it would be ...

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.

Congress adopted the ban on hemp products such as delta-8 THC and THCA as part of an appropriations bill that ended the 2025 federal government shutdown in November. The provisions, which also change ...

A Republican congressman has introduced a bill that would give the hemp industry two more years before a federal ban on THC products would take effect, which stakeholders hope will better position ...

WINFRED, S.D. — There has been a steadily growing interest in hemp production across the nation, but most notably in South Dakota, which was named the top producer of hemp in 2024. The 2018 Farm Bill ...

The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation is one of the first hemp fiber processors in Kansas, and wants the investment to benefit ...

A growing hemp industry now grappling with a new federal law threatening to make hemp products illegal could soon be back in the green if legislation to amend the new rules is approved.

Minnesota state Rep. and U.S. Senate candidate Angie Craig is pushing to delay new federal hemp rules that she says will hurt Minnesota's hemp producers and small business owners.

WINFRED, S.D. — Ken Meyer’s boots imprint the fine layer of dust settled over the concrete floor as he walks through South Dakota’s first industrial hemp processing facility. It’s loud. Fans whirl and ...

MORTON, MINN. – Eight-foot-tall stalks of hemp swayed in a field on the prairie here, ready for harvest. But these plants won’t get anyone high. Instead, they’ll be turned into hempcrete, a building ...