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RECENT NEWS
Today is the Day!!
Today the 2018 Farm Bill gets Signed into Law! Note from Chairman, Geoff Whaling Very early today, I received a phone call from the White House confirming that President Trump would be signing the Farm Bill, which contains the Hemp Farming Act of 2018 language, at a...
read more2018 Farm Bill
Hemp Legalization about to pass! The language that pertains to hemp is scattered through out the document. We will update this page with a summary of how it pertains to our industry. In the meantime a search of 'hemp' will take you to the relevant sections....
read moreNHA 2018 Annual Meeting
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"BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — The 2018 Farm Bill, passed in December, removed hemp from the list of controlled substances.
Since then, hundreds of North Carolina farmers are looking into growing the plant. So will this be the new cash crop of the future?"
www.wwaytv3.com/2019/03/22/north-carolina-farmers-see-hemp-as-next-big-cash-crop/
North Carolina farmers see hemp as next big cash crop - WWAY TV
wwaytv3.com
The 2018 Farm Bill, passed in December, removed hemp from the list of controlled substances. Since then, hundreds of North Carolina farmers are looking into growing the plant.
Jim Steele
jupiterseed.com
Good! Grow organic please!
That would be good.
Neal Boettger
"The Illinois Department of Agriculture still needs one more stamp of approval from lawmakers, but overall, it seemed all parties came to an agreement.
Here’s what is included:
Farmers can fill out an application to grow the crop for $100.
If the application gets approved, several licenses are available.
A one-year license costs $375, a two-year costs $700 and also a three-year $1000.
Farmers were happy to hear that they will most likely be able to plant their crop this year."
Industrial hemp could be seen in Illinois fields this summer
foxillinois.com
Aspiring hemp farmers could potentially be able to grow a full crop of the recently legalized plant grown this year. Farmers were very happy to hear that the state released the final set of industrial hemp rules. The Illinois Department of Agriculture still needs one more stamp of approval from lawm...
Why should hemp growers have to pay a fee? Corn growers don't. Why the difference? Corn can be turned into Moonshine.jmho
1500$ in arizona, for growers license, 3000$ to obtain a processors license in order to be able to sell what you grow....corruption is already rearing its head in this not-even-a-year-old national industry
What is the cost for other crops? Just asking.
It is all BS. We should e able to grow like grapes and decide what we do or make from the harvest
Where do we get the seed?
Cheaper than Wisconsin
"Canopy Growth Corporation, the Canadian cannabis behemoth is acquiring AgriNextUSA of Reading, Pa., with an eye to building its hemp business in the United States.
AgriNextUSA has been headed by Geoff Whaling, an evangelist for hemp and all its many applications. Whaling said Canopy’s chairman, Bruce Linton, called him right after President Donald Trump signed the 2018 Farm Bill that legalized hemp and asked “when are we growing hemp?”
Whaling would not say how much Canopy Growth was paying for AgriNextUSA.
Whaling, the self-styled “Hemporer” of America, sees hemp becoming a multi-billion dollar industry. And he’s not alone. Analysts for Cowen and Company predict that U.S. revenues for just one range of hemp products — manufactured with the extract cannabidiol or CBD — could explode to be worth $16 billion annually by 2025.
Whaling, who will serve as a strategic advisor to Canopy Growth, has been buddies with the company’s principals since the Ontario-based corporation was a tiny outfit of only 20 people. Canopy now employs thousands in a dozen countries and is the largest cannabis and hemp company on the planet with a market capitalization of $15.7 billion.
Whaling, president of the National Hemp Association and Pennsylvania Hemp Industry Council, said his first project with Canopy Growth will be to get a Hemp Industrial Park up and running near Binghamton, N.Y.
“We expect to hire a few hundred people,” he said. “This is moving very, very quickly.” Planting of this years hemp crop could begin in less than seven weeks.
“We want to rekindle this once-great American industry,” Whaling said. “Right now there’s no infrastructure or supply chain to support it. No equipment or facilities.”
The remedy to that, he said, is a series of Hemp Industrial Parks across the country complete with textile mills and CBD extraction facilities. He hopes to plant one such industrial park in Pennsylvania, “because this was once the epicenter for hemp in America.”
Ross Duffield, the former manager of the Rodale Institute’s experimental farm near Kutztown, was hired by Canopy to become the national cultivation manager, Whaling said."
www.philly.com/business/hemp-cbd-canopy-growth-agrinextusa-geoff-whaling-cannabis-20190322.html#l...
Canadian cannabis giant plants a flag in Pennsylvania, plans hemp industrial parks across the U.S.
philly.com
Canopy Growth is acquiring AgriNextUSA of Reading, Pa., founded by an Geoff Whaling, an evangelist for hemp. Whaling has already hired some hemp heavyweights with an eye to building Hemp Industrial Parks across the nation.
National Hemp Association executive director Erica Stark speaking at the Las Vegas Convention Center right now.
When are they going to start making things from hemp. We need manufacturing plants , so the farmers can produce. And we can buy.
Hopefully the FDA will approve
Yes. Hemp is great. Hopefully the fd
31:47 fiber
Exec. Dir., Erica Stark and Treasurer, Alex Selenznov representing NHA at ASD Market Week in Vegas. If you're here stop by and say hi! 🙂
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Hemp Education
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. ~Nelson Mandela
Much work still needs to be done with the general public, farmers and our elected officials about the nutritional, industrial, environmental and medicinal benefits of hemp. As laws change, research is conducted and commercialization begins, sharing information will be vital to ensure the hemp industry thrives. NHA is committed to advancing this awareness and knowledge.
Hemp Legislation
NHA’s main priority is the passage of comprehensive hemp legislation on a federal level. We also are here to help individual states with their hemp legislation. Stay tuned for important updates of how you can help pass HR3550, The 2017 Industrial Hemp Act!
Hemp Business
Hemp has the potential to bring prosperity to many segments of our society. Not only will it be a new cash and rotational crop for farmers, the possibilities for manufacturing are virtuously endless. Not only can hemp make thousands of products, hemp can be used to makes thousands of products, better, stronger and more sustainable. Now is the time to start think about how hemp can be incorporated into your business plan. If you have an existing hemp business, an NHA business level membership is a great way to not only support our efforts but to promote your business tp thousands of hemp enthusiasts!
HEMP IS NOT MARIJUANA
One of the biggest misconceptions is believing that industrial hemp is the same thing as marijuana.
The two plants are the same species, but are more like first cousins and NOT identical twins.
“Hemp Can Save The Planet!”
– Jack Herer
Hemp is the most versatile plant on earth.
It can be used for food, medicine, biofuel, compostable plastics, building materials and more.
It is time for the full legalization of industrial hemp at the federal level.
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