"This is farming like we’ve never done before." Illinois hemp farmers face risks with first planting of newly legal crop

Thousands of young hemp plants dance in the breeze .....»»

Thousands of young hemp plants dance in the breeze .....»»

Gazing over the cotton fields on his 300-acre farm outside Casa Grande, Paul Ollerton weighed the risks and opportunities of a new crop that, come this summer, will be legal to grow for the first time in decades. Ollerton, 64, is a third-generation farm.....»»

Thousands of U.S. farmers who rushed to plant newly legal hemp crops in hopes of cashing in now can't find buyers after the first harvest......»»

With commodity grain prices painfully low due to big surpluses and the U.S.-China trade war, farmers with a taste for risk are seeking profits by planting industrial hemp, a crop that was illegal in the United States until recently......»»

Only 1.3% of farmers in America are Black, and some say the farming industry's long history of discrimination is still playing out. Only 1.3% of farmers in the US are Black.Insider spoke to farmers in Louisiana who say they face discriminat.....»»

Mandatory coronavirus quarantines of seasonal foreign workers in Canada could hurt that country's fruit and vegetable output this year, and travel problems related to the pandemic could also leave U.S. farmers with fewer workers than usual......»»

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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Hemp growers and entrepreneurs who were joyous a year ago after U.S. lawmakers reclassified the plant as a legal agricultural crop now are worried their businesses could be crip.....»»

Farmers across the country have been waiting for the final rule for months......»»

Farmers are moving closer to being able to grow hemp next spring after USD.....»»

Farmers in Santa Barbara, California grow cannabis and wine, but under a new law cannabis can't have pesticides on it which means farmers could face legal issues. CNBC's Jane Wells reports......»»

SPI Energy Co., a little-known Chinese solar company, was the biggest gainer in the Nasdaq Composite Index Wednesday after announcing it was breaking into a new market: U.S. hemp farming......»»

SPI Energy Co., a little-known Chinese solar company, was the biggest gainer in the Nasdaq Composite Index Wednesday after announcing it was breaking into a new market: U.S. hemp farming......»»

Unmarried couples can face a variety of emotionally difficult issues because of estate planning laws......»»

On Aug. 30, the U.S. Department of Agriculture published a report on the legal hemp market in Canada, which details some of the regulatory challenges that producers of CBD products face in both countries. read more.....»»

The United States Department of Agriculture said Tuesday that industrial hemp cultivators will be eligible for insurance coverage under the Whole-Farm Revenue Protection program for crop year 2020. read more.....»»

Authored by Mac Slavo via SHTFplan.com, Farmers in Illinois whose la.....»»

American farmers have some of the most corn acres left to plant, last week, than any other date on record, reported the Crop Progress Report -written by the United States D.....»»

Certain initial exchange offerings (IEOs) may be breaking U.S. securities laws, an SEC official said......»»