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Interview: Riverside Hemp

October 14, 2020 | News

Where are you located? Hempstead, Texas When did you begin farming? We have been growing ornamental landscaping plants since 1992 and started growing Hemp in April 2020. Is hemp your primary crop? And what do you produce (pulp, CBD, textiles)? No, hemp is not our primary c…

Podcast #4

October 8, 2020 | Podcast

This week for the first half we speak with CEO Lee Vernon of First Responder Fuel CBD about their mission (listen for a discount code), their product lab testing practices and even their client’s drug testing results. Then during the second half we discuss hemp banking issues with the CEO a…

Podcast # 3

September 30, 2020 | Podcast

This week we spoke with Noe, Joe, and Frank of TPS Labs and discussed growing tips and do’s and dont’s with regards to growing hemp flower here in the Lone Star state. Soils and seeds are crucial to grow operations in this short trial run of 2020’s grow season. We also spoke wit…

The Story of George Trout: Texan Hemp Pioneer

September 24, 2020 | Innovation & Hemp Technologies

Texas was not exempt from the hemp propaganda of the early 30’s and leave it to hemp historian and grower, Les Stark, to unearth the truths of one Rio Grande Valley man whose story was lost to the times, a pioneer in the crop lost too soon – the story of George Trout. Recognizing the […]

Texas Hemp Show- Podcast # 2

September 23, 2020 | Podcast

Smokable Hemp Ban in Texas, Temporary Injunction Granted – Win for Texas Manufacturers, Processors & Retailers and this weeks show we featured two of the States attorneys that are leading the charge to keep smokable Hemp here in Texas for retailers, growers,processors and of course consumers….

Fall Podcast Schedule: Texas Hemp Show

September 21, 2020 | Podcast

2020 Fall Season is recorded at Take Off Terminal Studios in Austin. Show Notes Russell Dowden and co-host is Jesse Williams of the Texas Cannabis Collective will interview the guests below and we encourage you to support the Texas Hemp Reporter and the Texas Hemp Show by sharing the link with yo…

The Texas Hemp Show: Podcast # 1

September 16, 2020 | Podcast

Summary This is Show # 1 of the Podcast. Recorded at Take Off Terminal Studios in Austin. Show Notes: This week on the show we have John Kern’s of New Bloom Labs, Ben Meggs of Bayou City Hemp in Houston & Adam Jernigan Co-Founder COO | Sweet Sensi CBD. Great kick-off for the new Podcast…

Interview: Sid Miller

September 8, 2020 | Agriculture

Interview of Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller By Lisa L. Pittman, Texas Hemp Advisory Council Member THR: What impact does the first Texas hemp harvest have on future grow operations in the Lone Star State? SM: Well, where we start is not necessarily where we are going to finish. &…

Mistaking Hemp for Pot

August 13, 2020 | CBD

What we Know & What we’ve learned. Growing Awareness with Law Enforcement As the legalization of cannabis continues to take shape in the state of Texas, licensed growers are slowly finding holes within the system where further educational opportunities can be implemented, and often time…

Growing Relationships for a lifetime.

August 13, 2020 | Business, Texas Hemp Financing

Herring Bank began banking Cannabis-Hemp related businesses in April of 2019, with the goal of building lasting relationships. Herring Bank is a privately-owned Bank, based in Amarillo Texas. The Bank opened in 1899 and has been owned by the same family since its inception. Since 1899…

Bayou City Hemp

August 13, 2020 | Cultivation & Extraction

As the state transforms into a whole new level of industry pride with the Go Texan campaign now embracing a ‘Grow Texan’ one, partnerships within the developing hemp industry are cropping up. Bayou City Hemp is one such company leading the way in Texas, becoming one of the original vertically int…

Licensing and Registration for Consumable Hemp Products (CHP’s)

June 12, 2020 | CBD, CBD News & Business, Cultivation

CBD Extraction is currently illegal in Texas, however over 400 farms are licensed to grow industrial hemp and many don’t know where their crops will be processed this year. Here is our analysis of Texas draft laws to regulate Consumable Hemp Products (CHP’s) that were last month. Texa…

Employees and CBD: Establishing Common Sense Policies & Guidelines

June 12, 2020 | CBD

As the popularity of CBD (Cannabidoil) grows, so does the question of whether companies will allow their employees to use it or not. In this article we are going to look at some facts and ideas related to how companies can go about not only protecting themselves, but employees from potential pitf…

A Call to Action

June 8, 2020 | Texas Legal & Regulatory News

1. IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED: Texas Retailers Need Help Regarding Smokable Hemp On May 8th the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) announced their intention to prohibit the retail sale of smokable hemp products. This rulemaking goes beyond the original bill, Texa…

Up in Smoke: How Texas Burned Its Smokable Hemp Industry

June 8, 2020 | Texas Legal & Regulatory News

Texas became the 43rd state to pursue a hemp production program when, on June 10, 2019, Governor Greg Abbott signed HB 1325, a bill relating to the production and regulation of hemp, into law. Currently, Texas law prohibits “the processing or manufacturing of a consumable hemp product for smoking…

CBD Goes Mainstream in Texas

June 8, 2020 | CBD, CBD News & Business

CBD has gone Mainstream CBD has now joined fitness, sports, and diet as part of a daily lifestyle for optimal health. Since 2015, the CBD market has been growing larger by the day and CBD is showing up everywhere! CBD oil is being used for any number of ailments, including lessening everyday ache…

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