iHemp Hour is hosted by iHemp Michigan and Mike Brennan of the MI Tech News & Michigan Marijuana Report each Thursday at noon. Our first topic was the financial relief options for farmers and hemp growers. Below is a link to various resources discussed on the show...
On St Patricks Day, Senator Lauwers filed the updated industrial hemp program legislation to conform with the USDA rules. Please read them over and send us your thoughts / comments. Here are two big take aways that we noticed. 2020 SIB 0850 Sec. 313. A grower may sell...
https://www.ams.usda.gov/rules-regulations/hemp/enforcement Enforcement Discretion – Interim Final Rule The contents of this web page do not have the force and effect of law and are not meant to bind the public in any way. The following is intended only to...
https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2020/02/there-may-be-a-pot-of-gold-at-the-end-of-michigans-hemp-farming-rainbow-or-useless-marijuana.html By Gus Burns | fburns@mlive.com FRANKENMUTH, MI — Marylynn Bigelow, a 67-year-old University of Michigan nurse nearing...
By Gus Burns | fburns@mlive.com https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2020/02/hemponomics-102-to-teach-farmers-about-michigans-new-crop-a-close-relative-of-marijuana.html LANSING, MI — Hemp, a newly legal crop related to marijuana but without the...
The January 2020 Hemp Benchmarks was released. This 24 page report does a nice job of detailing the current state of the industrial hemp industry. Falling prices and supply chain challenges are the theme. You can download the monthly reports by visiting...
Huge thanks to all the media who helped spread the word about the first-ever iHemp expo over the weekend! We really appreciated the solid coverage of this important event. 1-10 Michigan Radio piece...
Pictured is Justin and his son.Big thanks to Justin Swanson, president of the Midwest Hemp Council for putting together this look at a few key issues to discuss with the rules. Take a look. The full 166 page document is linked up here as well as Justin’s take on...
David Eggert and Paul Sancya of the Associated Press met with Dave Crabill and his growing partner Jeff Dennings to talk hemp. Photos were taken, conversations held over a couple of months and now the AP has released a story. The story was picked up by many news...
