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Looking for a Hemp Friendly Bank? Here Are 5 Questions to Ask.

May 4, 2022 | Banking News

The recent string of good news for hemp-related businesses started with the 2018 Farm Bill, which removed hemp (defined as cannabis with up to 0.3% THC) from Schedule I controlled substances and making it an ordinary agricultural commodity. Financial institutions can now bank hemp-related businesse…

The Difference between Hemp Gummies & CBD

April 26, 2022 | CBD

In the recent years, there has been observed an upsurge in the demand for CBD products. This increase in demand is primarily because of increase in awareness about the CBD benefits. CBD, the acronym for cannabidiol is highly beneficial for relieving stress, anxiety, pain, soreness, etc. CBD is a pr…

NM cannabis sales hit nearly $10M in a week

April 26, 2022 | Cannabis News

By Jessica Dyer / Journal Staff WriterCopyright © 2022 Albuquerque Journal New Mexico’s recreational cannabis market is blowin’ and goin’. Adult-use cannabis sales topped $6.1 million statewide during the first week of legal retail sales, regulators announced Friday. Adding the nearly $3.9 million…

Going to Pot: Film Review

April 26, 2022 | News

Appropriately enough on 4/20/2021, MTV launched the documentary Going to Pot: The Highs and Lows of It on the streaming service Paramount +. As a lighter infotainment piece, the film touches on the “411 on 4/20” exploring cannabis based accounts throughout it’s history as well as debunks some popul…

10 Texas hemp testing labs to have on your radar

April 21, 2022 | Lab Testing

Perhaps you’ve just entered the market for Texas Hemponomics or maybe you’re a veteran in the field already. Whichever one you are, here are 10 Texas Hemp Labs you can keep an eye on. The list is not all inclusive, and is listed in alphabetical order. These are labs that are showing up to conventio…

Representing Cannabis: Failed Insights from a Supposedly Pro-Cannabis U.S. House of Representatives Candidate

April 19, 2022 | Legislative

Running for office in a democratic nation is one means through which you can throw in your lot and take a shot at effectuating change. However, achieving success in such an endeavor often requires the exchanging of one’s ideals for cash and capital, as we explored in my previous article about lobby…

Oklahoma Becomes Marijuana Legalization Battleground Between Advocates, With Legal Challenges And A New Ballot Initiative

April 8, 2022 | Legislative

The activist-led push to legalize marijuana in Oklahoma has become seriously contentious, with one campaign waging a legal challenge against a separate group of advocates working to end prohibition. The latest result of the conflict is the filing on Wednesday of a newly revised initiative to put le…

Digital Preview: April Edition

March 28, 2022 | Magazines

The Spring Edition of the Texas Hemp Reporter profiles Texas Lab Testing that we recommend , a History of the 420 in pop-culture, The East Austin CBD Crawl, CBD & Pets, meet the new faces of the Texas Legislature. Will a “Changing of the Guard” improve cannabis law reform in the Lon…

NOCO Hemp Expo 8th Annual

March 19, 2022 | Events

Business Conference and Investment SummitMarch 24 Join us for the NoCo Hemp Expo Business Conference and Investment Summit — an exclusive one-day event featuring company founders and CEOs, industry leaders and experts, qualified and accredited investors, analysts, and financial professionals. At th…

Medical Marijuana and Federal Prosecutions – A New Take on Protections for State Licensees

March 2, 2022 | Legislative

By: Ben Morrical, Brian Higgins, and Andrea Steel In late January, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued its opinion in United States v. Bilodeau, 2022 WL 225333 (1st Cir., Jan. 26, 2022), a case involving two marijuana growers from Maine who were indicted by the federal Department…

THE GREAT DELTA-8 DEBATE

February 27, 2022 | CBD News & Business

This year has been a wild ride for hemp, and cannabis in general in Texas and it’s not going to stop for a single moment. Our 2021 year started off with a legislature that filed quite a few cannabis related bills in the House. Penalty reduction, medical cannabis, a hemp cleanup bill were the primar…

Vet the Farm, Don’t Bet the Farm!

February 18, 2022 | Agriculture

An Interview with Frank Schultz by Misty Contreras TPS Lab, a mainstay of the Rio Grande Valley and the farming industry for over eight decades, wants to help hemp and marijuana growers achieve success and higher yield of crops. TPS Lab President Frank Schultz explains the importance of…

Flex Payment Solutions

February 14, 2022 | Texas Hemp Financing

With the nature of CBD and hemp being high risk products in the eyes of the financial world, finding stability and even options in merchant services has not always been an easy feat for retailers in the industry. Flex Payment Solutions offers a personal approach in their dedicated CBD merchant acco…

Hydroponics in the Heights

February 14, 2022 | Business

Houston Heights is home to Hydroshack Hydroponics – a full-service hydroponics retailer who prides themselves in the firsthand knowledge they have imparted to their customers over the last 10 years of business. Sprouting from a small hydroponics start up in the front office of their warehouse, Hydr…

Meet JHeart CBD

February 14, 2022 | CBD

J Heart CBD is a woman-owned CBD franchise built out of passion and service from the heart of one Austin entrepreneur. Connie Hurley opened her first location in Cedar Park in August of 2019 after investing in the cannabis industry and discovering the growing market for CBD in Texas. She has since…

February Edition Now Available

January 25, 2022 | News

The new edition of the Texas Hemp Reporter is available in Austin and Houston area smoke shops this week for free . . many growers and producers will also receive them by mail as well. This February we honor Jack Herer as his brand of genetics makes its way to Texas via the Texas A […]

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