/tags/hemp hemp en-US Copyright Sun, 03 Apr 2022 11:50:03 GMT /food-and-agriculture/2022-04-03/from-glut-to-gloom-hemp-farmers-in-oregon-face-uncertain-future Hemp farmers in Oregon worry about the future of their industry amid an array of challenges, including new state rules and enforcement and an uncertain regulatory environment at the federal level. Sun, 03 Apr 2022 11:50:03 GMT /food-and-agriculture/2022-04-03/from-glut-to-gloom-hemp-farmers-in-oregon-face-uncertain-future Sheraz Sadiq /food-and-agriculture/2021-11-27/turning-a-cbd-farming-byproduct-into-livestock-feed What happens if you feed cannabis to sheep? It’s a question that livestock scientists are actually wondering about at Oregon State University. They’re trying to develop a new animal feed market for industrial hemp. OPB science reporter Jes Burns recently joined JPR’s Liam Moriarty to explain what they’re up to. Sat, 27 Nov 2021 20:26:36 GMT /food-and-agriculture/2021-11-27/turning-a-cbd-farming-byproduct-into-livestock-feed Jes Burns /law-and-justice/2021-09-23/report-southern-oregon-hemp-testing-reveals-large-amounts-of-illicit-marijuana A member of the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission presented initial results of a crackdown on illegal marijuana production posing as legal hemp in Jackson and Josephine counties on Thursday. Thu, 23 Sep 2021 22:52:06 GMT /law-and-justice/2021-09-23/report-southern-oregon-hemp-testing-reveals-large-amounts-of-illicit-marijuana Erik Neumann /law-and-justice/2021-07-02/bill-to-crack-down-on-illegal-marijuana-and-unregulated-hemp-could-soon-be-law A new bill on its way to the Governor’s desk would increase testing and law enforcement for the explosion of cannabis farming in Southern Oregon. Fri, 02 Jul 2021 12:38:33 GMT /law-and-justice/2021-07-02/bill-to-crack-down-on-illegal-marijuana-and-unregulated-hemp-could-soon-be-law Erik Neumann /food-and-agriculture/2021-04-07/lawmakers-seek-tighter-restrictions-on-hemp-derived-products-in-oregon Lawmakers in Oregon are trying to regulate a lesser-known compound derived from cannabis. It’s an artificially derived product from hemp that produces a high but which is sold with few restrictions. Wed, 07 Apr 2021 12:58:54 GMT /food-and-agriculture/2021-04-07/lawmakers-seek-tighter-restrictions-on-hemp-derived-products-in-oregon Erik Neumann /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2020-02-04/the-growth-and-challenges-of-the-hemp-industry Hemp-mania showed up in the region in the last couple of years. The federal legalization of industrial hemp, marijuana's non-stoner sibling, opened the… Tue, 04 Feb 2020 18:47:01 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2020-02-04/the-growth-and-challenges-of-the-hemp-industry The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team /business-and-labor/2019-11-24/the-highs-and-lows-of-southern-oregons-hemp-industry-after-year-one Half a dozen industrial fans hum inside a football field-size warehouse in White City. Lined up on the ground in neat rows are 500 white plastic bags,… Mon, 25 Nov 2019 00:04:06 GMT /business-and-labor/2019-11-24/the-highs-and-lows-of-southern-oregons-hemp-industry-after-year-one Erik Neumann /business-and-labor/2019-11-13/hemp-farmworkers-housed-inside-dilapidated-barn-in-josephine-county-employers-fined-825k Oregon state regulators have fined five hemp businesses a total of $825,000 dollars for housing farmworkers in a dilapidated building in Josephine… Wed, 13 Nov 2019 18:48:02 GMT /business-and-labor/2019-11-13/hemp-farmworkers-housed-inside-dilapidated-barn-in-josephine-county-employers-fined-825k April Ehrlich /2019-08-29/josephine-county-residents-voice-concerns-about-impacts-of-hemp-farming Overflow crowds filled the Josephine County Fairgrounds auditorium in Grants Pass Wednesday night for a symposium on the region’s booming hemp industry.… Thu, 29 Aug 2019 13:28:29 GMT /2019-08-29/josephine-county-residents-voice-concerns-about-impacts-of-hemp-farming Erik Neumann /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-08-22/hemp-supply-surplus-may-be-imminent The hemp industry was bound to grow and grow quickly, given the decades of pent-up demand from federal controls. Now hemp, marijuana's non-stoner sibling,… Thu, 22 Aug 2019 17:43:13 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-08-22/hemp-supply-surplus-may-be-imminent The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team