Seed hemp grown in the open made the most significant gain in value last year, jumping 482% to total $16.9 million. With 2,160 acres of hemp for seed in 2024, that marked a 61% increase over 2023.

So long as each 3Chi product is made from hemp—defined as cannabis that contains 0.3% of delta-9 THC or less—they are technically legal at the federal level. Armed with the Farm Bill, 3Chi and ...

Federal legislative proposals In June 2025, the U.S. House Appropriations Committee advanced a spending bill with provisions designed to redefine "hemp" and ban most THC-containing hemp products.

Because the farm bill defined hemp as being cannabis with less than 0.3% delta-9 THC, delta-8, as well as delta-10, are technically legal in those 24 states. The rest of the map is ever-evolving ...

@NCCapitol Hemp vs. marijuana: NC courts empower police searches that some law enforcement leaders call unconstitutional Police can't tell the difference between hemp and marijuana.

The House rules chairman is Rep. John Bell, who has served as president of AsterraLabs, a Nashville, North Carolina, based CBD and hemp company, since 2023. CBD, or cannabidiol, is derived from hemp.

Antranik Tavitian for The New York Times Federal law requires that hemp products have less than 0.3 percent Delta-9 T.H.C. — a level thought to be below that which would usually induce a high.

Since marijuana’s cannabis cousin was federally legalized in 2018, hemp has outpaced the legal weed market in America. Now canned cocktails and other THC-infused beverages are going mainstream ...

The pro-hemp Council for the Safe Regulation of Delta Hemp Products also gave $10,000 to Welch’s campaign, as well as $8,000 to Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle and $5,000 to state Rep ...

Despite hemp having “undermined” the market, as Pritzker put it, licensed cannabis dispensaries sold a record $2 billion product in Illinois in 2024, a 2.5% increase from the previous year ...

Interest in hemp as a viable substitute for construction material is growing as developers seek greener building options. Hemp can be used in block form, as it was in the building of the sports ...

When North Carolina legalized smokable hemp in 2018, police and prosecutors spoke frequently and clearly about their biggest fear: It would effectively legalize marijuana in North Carolina, they ...