Honest follow-on to last week’s hemp news: on October 20, EIN Presswire carried a warning from Bill Polyniak, founder of Kentucky Cannabis Company and Bluegrass Hemp Oil — a participant in one of Kentucky’s six original industrial hemp pilot programs in 2014 — that the federal change scheduled for December 11 could affect full-spectrum CBD… Continue reading What caught our eye: a Kentucky hemp pioneer warns the December rule could catch the plant’s own extracts
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What caught our eye: a nine-year hemp shop set to close Saturday — the fiber side tells a different story
District Hemp Botanicals was set to close its Manassas, Virginia store on Saturday, October 17, after nine years in business, with founder Barbara Biddle citing changing regulations, the loss of popular products, and the challenges facing independent hemp businesses; Virginia's new rules, in effect since August 15, limit consumable hemp products to no more than… Continue reading What caught our eye: a nine-year hemp shop set to close Saturday — the fiber side tells a different story
What caught our eye: Germany’s hemp acreage keeps climbing — the fiber comeback is real
Germany’s Federal Office for Agriculture and Food just published its 2026 numbers: 438 farms are growing 5,785 hectares of legal industrial hemp, with the average farm planting more than last year — the fiber-and-paper uses of hemp are quietly thriving. While Washington argues over intoxicating hemp products ahead of the December 11 federal deadline, this… Continue reading What caught our eye: Germany’s hemp acreage keeps climbing — the fiber comeback is real
What caught our eye: American hemp fiber grows up
On October 1, Montana-based IND HEMP announced a major investment in fiber processing equipment that brings its hemp to ready-to-spin quality — a step its CEO says removes one of the biggest barriers keeping American-grown hemp out of mainstream textiles. Hemp clothing is moving from niche toward the regular supply chain. You can feel the… Continue reading What caught our eye: American hemp fiber grows up