Upset at being fired, 27-year-old Jose Ramos allegedly stabbed the owner of the Yosemite Hemp Co. in the neck Thursday evening. But the violence at the business in Friant didn't end there. The owner's brother then "beat up" Ramos, according to the Fresno County Sheriff's Office. The 42-year-old owner, Kelly...
High Anxiety: Proposed US Hemp Rules Worry Industry
PORTLAND, Ore. — 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 crippled if federal policymakers move ahead with draft regulations. Licenses for hemp cultivation topped a half-million acres last year,...
With OK from Congress, US Hemp Market Set to Boom
PORTLAND, Ore. — Hemp is about to get the nod from the federal government that marijuana, its cannabis plant cousin, craves. A provision of the farm bill that received final approval in Congress on Wednesday removes hemp from the list of federally controlled substances and treats the low-THC version of...
McConnell Eyes Farm Bill as Path To Legal Hemp
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wants something to replace the faltering cash crop of tobacco in his home state of Kentucky. It's clear that he has found it: hemp. Sen. McConnell wants the federal government to take hemp off its list of Schedule I controlled substances, making it legal for farmers...