Hemp

By Andrew R. Lines, MAI, Principal, CohnReznick The second in a series of CohnReznick interviews with companies working to address the cannabis industry's lack of traditional financing sources. Given the scarcity and high cost of capital for cannabis operators, Innovative Industrial Properties...

PanXchange will be in attendance at the USA CBD Expo at the Miami Beach Convention Center (August 2nd – August 4th).  Not only is the CEO of PanXchange, Julie Lerner, moderating a panel, but PanXchange will be at booth #616 throughout the event.  If you are attending the conference...

By William Sumner, Hemp Business Journal Contributor Especially with the re-establishment and emergence of American hemp cultivation after decades of prohibition, much of the public focus has recently been on the North American market. With a consumer base hungry for hemp-CBD and...

By William Sumner, Hemp Business Journal Contributor From acquisitions to equity investments, the North American hemp industry has been awash in capital investment since the Farm Bill 2018 was federally passed in the United States last December. In the rush for first-mover advantages...

KushCo Holdings, Inc. (OTC: KSHB), a producer of ancillary products and services to the cannabis and hemp industries, said Monday that it's applied to list on the Nasdaq Global Select Market exchange. What Happened The move is expected to increase KuschCo's profile by diversifying its...

Over the last couple of weeks, counties and cities in California have adopted hemp cultivation bans in order to address perceived public nuisance issues from the activity including odor problems and public safety concerns. Counties and cities are also struggling with how to prevent cross-...

Spot Market Updates: Throughout the month of June, the spot biomass market traded in the range of $3.75 – $4.70 per percentage point of CBD content (/point). Although the prices associated with spot transactions are rising in our assessed locations (shown below), two interesting trends are...

By Minchul An, Founder of buzzn. There is a lot of confusion on the legality of CBD, and its counterparts. With the most recent passing of The Farm Bill of 2018 signed by President Trump in December 2018, it states that Industrial Hemp is legal in all 50 states as long as it contains less than 0.3...

The sentencing date for two truckers accused of illegally transporting hemp in Idaho has been delayed until September 17. It was originally scheduled for today, June 25. The decision to continue the hearing was a joint agreement between the office of the Ada County Prosecutor and the two attorneys...

Canadian cannabis company CannTrust Holdings Inc (NYSE: CTST) announced an expansion Wednesday to the U.S. — and in Bank of America Merrill Lynch's view, the company's international ambitions are "underappreciated" by investors. The Analyst Christopher Carey...

Canadian-based producer of medical and recreational cannabis CannTrust Holdings Inc (NYSE: CTST) announced Wednesday its entrance to the U.S. market, starting in the state of California. What Happened CannTrust signed a non-binding letter of intent that will give the company access to more than 3,...

By J.J. McCoy, Senior Managing Editor, New Frontier Data Q: I'm a small business owner just trying to establish my product. What are some basic do's and don'ts for trying to advertise and get my name out there?    A: Among the participating panelists at the two-day event...

Holi Hemp, a subsidiary of India Globalization Capital, Inc. (NYSE: IGC), said Thursday that its application for the cultivation and harvesting of hemp was approved by Arizona’s Department of Agriculture under the terms of its industrial hemp program.  Why It Matters The grow operation...

It’s crunch time for planting decisions. Today is the last day for corn prevented planting filings - a range of options on crop insurance that gives payouts for not planting the full, normal crop - for the corn belt. CBOT corn futures rallied this week to break-out levels as corn acres...