Oct 15, 2026 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Hemp, Minnesota
Minnesota hemp sellers say the approach of Dec. 11 is already hitting their bottom line and changing what stores keep on the shelf. After Dec. 11, some Minnesota liquor stores say they still expect to sell hemp drinks. The federal law would complicate things, but...
Oct 8, 2026 | Feature, Hemp, National
In a commercial kitchen outside Raleigh, North Carolina, Nicholas Hohns spreads a blue-green goo into a gridded mold, making one of his company’s signature products: potent THC gummies, featuring the primary intoxicating compound found in marijuana. It’s a business he...
Oct 2, 2026 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Hemp, Ohio
Ohio hemp businesses say that the enforcement of the state’s adult-use cannabis rules unfairly targets their industry and favors “Big Marijuana” companies, which are allowed to operate under different rules despite dealing with the same plant, Statehouse News Bureau...
Sep 23, 2026 | Feature, Hemp, National
Follow us to Tennessee where hemp farmers are already pivoting in the face of a state ban and soon, a looming federal ban on basically all THC-derived hemp products. Will Congress step in to save this $28 billion industry? Listen To The Story
Sep 17, 2026 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Hemp, Indiana
New federal restrictions on THC-infused products have been pushed back one month, giving Hoosier businesses more time before much of the market could become federally illegal. Indiana’s hemp-derived cannabinoid industry has generated billions statewide in...
Sep 10, 2026 | Business, Hemp, National
A new economic report estimates that forthcoming restrictions on hemp-derived THC products could force more than two-thirds of U.S. hemp businesses to close and displace as many as 225,861 workers. The 2026 U.S. Hemp Cannabinoid Report from Whitney Economics found...