Department of Agriculture

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has once again postponed the enforcement of a requirement for hemp testing to be conducted by Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)-registered laboratories, granting the industry another year of flexibility. Under this extension, hemp produced through the...

Here are the most important cannabis regulatory updates of the week. Nevada Awards Social Equity Licenses For Cannabis Lounges  The Nevada Cannabis Compliance Board (CCB) issued six licenses for cannabis consumption lounges reserved for social equity applicants. Kora Cannabis Lounge and Nevada...

Fourteen senators are pushing back against a potential reclassification of potatoes from vegetables to grains by the US Department of Agriculture and Department of Health and Human Services. The senators submitted a letter to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack and HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra on Tuesday,...

Legalization Milestone: Missouri Clears 100K Cannabis Cases, But Challenges Loom Missouri expunged over 100,000 marijuana-related convictions in its first year of legalization, yet some courts missed the deadline for felony expungements​​. Lawyer Dan Viets, a key legalization proponent, stated,...

With about 44,000 farms stretched across 14.5 million acres of farmland, Arkansas ranks No. 16 in the U.S. for cash receipts, with soybeans and rice bringing in nearly $2.63 billion of the total $8.9 billion, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. So, when the state’s crops began to...