Hemp industry pivots toward grain and fiber

Hemp industry pivots toward grain and fiber

After a brutal shake-out that chopped hemp acreage in half in two years, the industry is focusing on hemp as a source of grain and fiber, a less profitable but possibly steadier market than cannabinoid (CBD) oil, used in food, beverages and dietary supplements....
Growers Under Increasing Threat from Cannabis Taxes

Growers Under Increasing Threat from Cannabis Taxes

For most operators in California’s cannabis industry, the licensed and regulated market probably feels like a slow-burning dumpster fire with no end in sight. But for politicians and state regulators who designed the legalized industry under Proposition 64, the...