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Hemp

Shimadzu To Present Free Educational Seminar On Hemp At Uw-Parkside

February 27, 2019 - On Saturday, March 16, 2019, Shimadzu Scientific Instruments will present a Free Educational Seminar, “Hemp Help: Growing Your Canna Business in Wisconsin,” at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside Student Center, 900 Wood Road, Kenosha, Wisconsin 53144. This event has some top-notch speakers and offers a lot of great information for those interested in this growing industry. The seminar is split...

CBD

Jackson County Sheriff 'no consequences' if you hand over your illegal CBD products

May 8, 2018 - The Jackson County Wisconsin Sheriff's Office issued a news release May 8 which was posted on their Facebook page. According to the release, Jackson County Sheriff Duane Waldera provided an "informational section on marijuana, hemp and CBD oils" at "Coffee with a Cop" at the Lunda Center Hub in Black River Falls May 3 in response to "questions and concerns brought up by attendees". County Wisconsin...

CBD

Farm Bureau and hemp businesses push back after DOJ position paper says CBD illegal in Wisconsin

May 3, 2018 - Green Bay's Fox11 News has reported that preliminary numbers show the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) received 341 applications for the hemp pilot program, of which 248 were for growing hemp and 94 for processing. But so far, most media has been quiet about a controversy that erupted Monday, April 30, the day before the licensing application deadline, when...

CBD

DATCP guidance to hemp producers - WI DOJ says CBD mostly illegal in state

April 30, 2018 - ***THIS IS A DEVELOPING STORY*** RELATED: Farm Bureau and hemp businesses push back after DOJ position paper says CBD illegal in Wisconsin With a May 1 deadline looming for licensing growers and processors under Wisconsin's new hemp law, the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) sent a message Monday April 30 to subscribers of its industrial hemp program mailing...

Hemp

Wisconsin hemp license deadline is May 1

April 27, 2018 - The deadline this year to apply for a license to grow or process industrial hemp from the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) is Tuesday, May 1, 2018. Wisconsin's new hemp law 2017 Act 100 requires growers and processors to be licensed. A grower license allows the planting and harvesting of industrial hemp, while a processor license allows the storage, handling...

Hemp

Scenes from the Central US Hemp Growers Conference and Expo in Madison

February 27, 2018 - I spent the morning of Feb. 26, 2018 at the 1st Central US Hemp Growers Conference and Expo at the Monona Terrace Convention Center in downtown Madison. https://centralushemp.com/ Doug Fine speaking at 1st Annual Central US Hemp Growers Conference and Expo in Madison WI Doug Fine led off the conference off with an hour of powerful preaching about the American hemp industry and the potential it...

Elections

Leah Vukmir tops list of anti-pot Wisconsin lawmakers not returning in 2019

February 10, 2018 - Longtime anti-cannabis zealot State Sen. Leah Vukmir's time at the Wisconsin Capitol is rapidly winding down and the longtime senate health committee chair will soon gavel to a close her final health committee hearing. But despite serving as health committee chair in both the Assembly and Senate, Vukmir steadfastly refused to hold a hearing on medical cannabis legislation despite overwhelming...

Rep. Kremer circulating bipartisan authored industrial hemp bill

February 23, 2017 - UPDATED: 02/28/2017 – 10:43:41 AM Rep. Jesse Kremer (R-Kewaskum) announced Feb. 23 in a press release that he is circulating a cosponsorship memo for industrial hemp legislation LRB-1117/1. His release thanks the bill’s bipartisan group of authors, Senator Kathleen Vinehout (D-Alma) who he notes has been working on this issue since 2009 along with Senators Patrick Testin (R-Stevens Point), Sheila...