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Farmers Plant Spring CBD Hemp Crops, USDA Guidance Soon

BY DR LLOYD COVENS For both returning farmers—and the new hemp farmers in Arizona, Wisconsin, So. Carolina, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, Kansas, Illinois and Michigan—unresolved issues on crop insurance, banking/loan challenges, and a major learning curve for farmers have all brought great uncertainty. But the difficult choice between reaching for a bigger pay-day from CBD versus …

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BY DR. LLOYD COVENS Charlotte’s Brothers Go Corporate The Stanley Brothers have handed the Charlotte’s Web reins over to corporate management with last month’s appointment of Deanie Elsner, past senior marketing exec at Kraft, Johnson&Johnson and Kelloggs.  This week Elsner held her first 1Q (2019) analyst call sharing CWEB’s product growth to 6000 retail “doors” …

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FDA’s CBD Hearing Marathon Brings ‘Who’s-Who’ of Experts

BY DR. LLOYD COVENS Friday, May 31 marked a historic day for CBD, the starting point for a rulemaking on how the FDA will set rules to allow CBD in foods, pet supplements and cosmetics.   At the head table, various DC regulators listened to multiple experts during the morning session: Amy Abernethy, MD, PhD Principal …

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DOMM Life Roasts Mr Purple

BY ACM STAFF There’s a reason The Hemp Wellness Market (aka DOMM Life) has become PHX’s go-to destination for the cannabis crowd. Well, three. One—they’re fun. Two, you know there’s weed. And three, most days that’s where you can find Mr. Purple, one of Arizona’s more celebrated cannabis characters. Over the past three years, everyone’s …

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Unfinished Business: AZDA Hemp Rules Incomplete

BY MIKEL WEISSER Less than a month before AZ’s hemp program is set to start, AZDA’s industrial hemp program supposed last monthly meeting ended with multiple critical issues unresolved. Propagative materials such as clones and tissue culture techniques were threatened. Hemp strain certifications were challenged. AND, the final language is still not ready for the …

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