DETROIT, Mich. — Climate Commodities and Heartland Industries have created a partnership to commoditize industrial hemp. Their partnership will create standards that usher in the next generation of climate-smart commodities. Climate Commodities has multi-generational expertise working with all different types of commodities. Their team has experience derisking and developing entirely new asset classes to drive global adoption. Specifically, Climate […]

MANHATTAN, Kan. — A new study by Kansas State University finds that feeding cattle industrial hemp may have a beneficial effect on their welfare: a reduction in stress and increasing the times when they lie down. “Cattle experience a variety of stress and inflammation,” said Michael Kleinhenz, assistant professor of beef production medicine at the K-State College of […]

LANSING — On October 21, 2021, the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) received federal approval of the revised Michigan Hemp Production Plan dated October 18, 2021. The plan contains regulatory requirements for cultivating industrial hemp and maintains MDARD as having primary oversight of industrial hemp production in Michigan. This latest U.S. Department of […]

CHARLESTON, S.C. – More South Carolina farmers are applying for permits to grow industrial hemp and Clemson University researchers believe applying best management practices can result in higher quality and increase profits. Brian Ward, an organic vegetable specialist and assistant professor at the Coastal Research and Education Center (REC), gave an update on the South Carolina hemp […]