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WHAT IS CDB OIL? CANNABIDIOL AS A LEGAL AGRIBUSINESS
IN THE HOOSIER STATE

Did you know that Indiana has one of the most expansive CBD laws in the country? There could be a seismic shift coming in 2019 regarding where Hoosiers can source their CBD, allowing farmers to diversify income, according to Justin Swanson at Bose McKinney & Evans LLP.

CHARDWICK HEMP FARM DRAWS $7 MILLION INVESTMENT

According to a recent article on the VTDigger.com website, Green Mountain CBD, which does its own hemp processing and manufacturing of CBD products, confirmed that One Better Ventures, a Raleigh, North Carolina, venture capital firm, bought a minority stake in the company, which will change its name to Sunsoil in early 2019.

INDUSTRIAL HEMP PROVIDES FARMERS OPPORTUNITIES, SAYS MICHAEL CLEMENTS DURING FARM BUREAU PODCAST

Rob Richard, senior director for government relations, Wisconsin
Farm Bureau, says Farm Bureau members pledged support for the legalization of industrial hemp prior to the last farm bill.

CHRIS MOORMAN: STATE SHOULD FREE HOOSIER FARMERS TO GROW HEMP

This month, Hoosiers will be reminded—by combines, grain wagons and stopped traffic on country roads—just how critically important Indiana’s $32 billion agriculture industry is to our state’s economy.

INDIANA FARMERS NEED INDUSTRIAL HEMP TO PROSPER

Indiana farmers continue to take it on the chin. Some of the latest data from the U.S Department of Agriculture shows the prices of the state’s two primary cash crops – corn and soybeans – have fallen into the proverbial crapper due to imbalanced supply and demand. (Reposted from Forbes.com)

ILLINOIS GOVERNOR SIGNS INDUSTRIAL HEMP BILL

Illinois farmers now have the opportunity to grow industrial hemp, thanks to the Governor’s signature at the DuQuoin County Fair

SENATOR McCONNELL TOUTS HEMP BILL

Kentucky farmers are following a bill in Congress that would legalize industrial hemp production in the United States. If passed, the bill introduced by Senator Mitch McConnell could make industrial hemp the fastest growing cash crop in Kentucky.

MEMBER MARK BOYER FEATURED IN IBJ ARTICLE

On June 7, Boyer planted 300 pounds of hemp seed—obtained through a Purdue University researcher—on a 10-acre plot. The plants will mature later this summer, when he will take their seeds and turn them into hemp oil—and hemp oil only. Under the research rules, he can’t use the rest of the plant.

INDIANA LAWMAKERS TOUR PURDUE HEMP FARM

"There's no doubt you can use hemp for things such as paper, animal bedding or eating the seeds." Robert Turco said, "We think there's a market for it, but It just has to develop."

LOCAL FARMER BUILDS BUSINESS ON UNCOMMON CROP

After decades of growing commodity crops, Mark Boyer was looking for a way to diversify his farming operation. Then he decided to try something new. The sixth-generation farmer tucked a field of sunflowers between his corn and his soybeans.