Hemp News

Takeaways from Our Conversation on Hemp Market’s Growth Potential

Hemp is often a sidenote in conversations about the cannabis industry, but hemp has far greater growth potential than most people probably think. That’s according to a new report out that shows hemp along is a $350 billion market based …

Experts Discuss Risks, Opportunities in Emerging Cannabis Products

New cannabis products like gummies, drinks and new consumables bring the promise of exponential growth and the normalization of public consumption, promising to significantly reshape the business landscape for insuring cannabis specialists. Four industry experts recently gathered for an Insurance …

Viewpoint: Washington’s Aggressive Approach to Preventing Intoxicating Hemp Cannabinoids May Be Good for Other States

Like other states across the country, Washington has been grappling with how to regulate intoxicating hemp-derived cannabinoid products that are being innovated faster than state lawmakers can respond. The state has decided on an extreme solution that prohibits products containing …

North Dakota House Tests Hemp as Construction Material

The two small houses are going up on the back half of a lot just off a busy street, not far from downtown Fargo. “These homes are identical in blueprint, they’re 13 by 23, with 12 foot ceilings, there’s a …

Takeaways from Our Conversation on Insuring Cannabis Seeds

If you’re looking for a niche within a niche, insuring cannabis seeds be the answer. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration declared in a memo issued in April that cannabis seeds that don’t exceed the .3% THC limit do not fall …

Takeaways from Our Conversation on California’s New CBD Law

When California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 45 into law in early October, there was a lot of excitement in the state’s cannabis industry, particularly for businesses and insurance professionals specializing in the CBD business. The law allows for …

Oregon Court Distills the Science of Cannabis to Find Insurance for a CBD Claim

Although the 2018 Farm Bill carved out hemp from the federal Controlled Substances Act, few court rulings have addressed the legal distinction between federally legal hemp and federally illegal cannabis. A new opinion from the District of Oregon (Bogard v. …

Two Takeaways from Delta-8 Conversation

Delta-8 is generating quite a buzz over what appears to be legal loophole enabling the production and sales of the intoxicating product in both legal and non-legal states. New York just became the latest state to ban delta-8 THC, as …

Hemp Crops in Hawaii Unusable Because of High THC Levels

More than half of hemp crops cultivated in Hawaii in the past year were unusable due to high THC levels, officials said. The crops cultivated for the state’s hemp industry tested above the federal limit for the chemical that causes …

Firm Battling over Hemp Product Idaho Says Is Pot

A company has filed a lawsuit against Idaho State Police and Ada County after authorities seized nearly 7,000 pounds of cannabis from a truck headed to Colorado, the Idaho Statesman reported. Authorities who stopped the truck said it was filled …