Insights and Stories on Weeds

As customers hoard pot brownies, weed firms see lockdown boost

Mar. 24, 2020 at 11:15 am CDT

Reuters — Cannabis sales are touching new highs as customers across the U.S. and Canada stockpile weed to prepare for long spells of isolation because of the coronavirus pandemic. Between March 16 and 22, sales of recreational cannabis across California, Colorado, Oregon and Alaska — some of the key U.S. […]

Constellation tightens grip on Canopy with CEO appointment

Dec. 9, 2019 at 8:40 am CST

By Reuters

Pot producer Canopy Growth to stop expanding in Canada

Nov. 14, 2019 at 10:46 am CST

By Reuters

North Dakota still on lookout for Palmer amaranth

Sep. 20, 2018 at 7:57 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm Team

Six factors to consider if your soil moisture level is low

Mar. 27, 2018 at 11:14 am CDT

By Angela Lovell

Cannabis firm Aurora in talks to buy both CanniMed, Newstrike

Jan. 19, 2018 at 6:13 pm CST

Toronto | Reuters — Canadian marijuana producer Aurora Cannabis is in talks with rivals CanniMed Therapeutics and Newstrike Resources to buy both businesses in a friendly deal that would create the nation’s top weed company, people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday. The deal signals an easing of […]

By John Tilak Nichola Saminather

Minnesota finds source of Palmer amaranth on CRP land

Apr. 6, 2017 at 6:13 pm CDT

Reuters — An invasive weed likely entered Minnesota through seed planted on land in a U.S. conservation program, state agriculture officials said on Thursday, bringing to a close an official probe of a growing threat to agricultural production. Infestations of the weed, Palmer amaranth, have affected other states in the […]

By Renita D. Young Tom Polansek

EPA approves Monsanto’s dicamba weed killer

Nov. 10, 2016 at 4:53 pm CST

U.S. seeds and agrochemicals maker Monsanto Co. has secured approval from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for a new dicamba-based weed killer designed for its next generation biotech soy and cotton varieties, the company said on Wednesday. While approval had been expected, it is seen as a major step forward […]

By Reuters