Midwest Hemp Council

Join Purdue Food Science and Purdue Agronomy on March 26 for a half-day seminar focused on hemp production, applications and research opportunities that exist in the industry. Learn more and register:

Scientists at Washington State University and partner institutions will explore how soil-boosting biochar and hemp affect important crops like wheat, corn and chickpeas in a new long-term study.

California has extended its prohibition on hemp products containing THC, three months after the ban went into effect. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled the temporary hemp THC ban last year after lawmakers declined to pass a bill to regulate intoxicating hemp products during the summer legislative session.

Without agriculture, there would be no food, fiber or fuel - but the agriculture industry is so much more than that. Here's to the innovators that are helping to build the whole hemp plant economy from the ground up. Happy National Ag Day!

In addition to growing hemp outdoors and selling natural products, Edwards is also researching how the plant can be used to clean up PFAS.

A new ordinance is being introduced in Albuquerque to halt the sale of THC products derived from hemp.

A second proposal backed by Missouri’s hemp industry to regulate products like hemp-THC seltzers and edibles was defeated in a House committee Thursday morning, after the hemp-beverage distributor who helped draft the bill emailed committee members that morning asking them to kill it.

Emergency regulations implemented for industrial hemp in California in September last year are likely to be renewed soon.

A pair of Ohio Republican state senators want hemp-derived THC products to be sold only at adult-use dispensaries—not convenience stores, smoke shops or gas stations.

Early research highlights the advantageous amino acid profile of hemp seeds along with their versatility in cooking, making them a strong contender in the plant-based food industry.