Insights and Stories on Hemp

Feb. 15, 2020 at 5:33 pm CST

Reuters — Canada’s biggest cannabis producer, Canopy Growth Corp., could face challenges offloading assets as it seeks to winnow its facilities down to focus on its most lucrative markets and products, its CEO told Reuters. The company, which reported a smaller-than-expected third-quarter loss on Friday, is conducting a “thorough strategic […]

By Nichola Saminather, Shariq Khan

Jan. 31, 2020 at 12:56 pm CST

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By OrganicBiz

Nov. 5, 2019 at 9:09 am CST

Reuters – Dan Maclure planted eight acres of hemp on his Vermont farm for the first time this year, aiming to cash in on the exploding demand for CBD, a derivative of the plant reputed to ease anxiety and other ills without the high of its close cousin, marijuana. He persevered when […]

By Isabella Jibilian

Aug. 27, 2019 at 6:24 am CDT

MarketsFarm — While Canada’s licensed hemp acreage nearly doubled from 2018 to 2019, yield estimates will remain uncertain until licensed producers report their crops to Health Canada after harvest. “Health Canada, for the first time, will be collecting information on hemp acres that were seeded, rather than hemp acres that […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Jun. 27, 2019 at 8:08 pm CDT

A project to extract new high-protein ingredients from canola, hemp and other such crops for use in the food, feed and aquaculture markets will be the first to get funding from Canada’s plant protein supercluster. Protein Industries Canada (PIC), set up last year as one of five federally-backed research and […]

By GFM Staff