DEA’s Ditch Weed Eradication Folly

The corrupt and inept DEA should be abolished and dunmped into the dustbin of history.  Started by ‘Tricky Dick’ Nixon, to harrass his enemies, it has sacrificed countless people to lenghthy prison sentences, but for what.  The following is a narrative of...

Hemp and Potatoes: The Hypocrisy of Stigmas

Hemp and Potatoes: The Hypocrisy of Stigmas Think for just a moment about benign agricultural staples like potatoes, corn, sugar cane, barley, and grapes.  You will not get drunk eating French fries. Raisins will not make you giddy. And so, American farmers can freely...

Potential New Regulation on the Horizon

Here We Go Again The merry-go-round of cannabis regulation continues to spin and this time, it sure looks like the FDA is about to drop the hammer on CBD. Leaders of the agency’s cannabis regulation efforts have been raising concerns about the safety of CBD and want...

Indoor Winter Grows: Some of the “Whys”

Back in October 2022, I used my blog to talk about “Getting Great Results from Your Indoor Winter Grow Room.” I was focused on helping home growers (as opposed to greenhouse growers) to optimize their indoor grows. In that article, I stressed the importance of...

Maintaining Hope in a Volatile Business

The US hemp industry – food, animal supplements, and biomass, as well as CBD – is still in its infancy. After all, this is only the fourth harvest season legalization under the 2018 Farm Bill. Hemp production is down. Many growers have left the business in...

Hemp Diseases/Root Systems

Hemp Root Diseases Last month, I wrote about common diseases that can attack the flower, stems, and leaves of hemp plants. This month, I want to dig a little deeper – literally underground – and look at some of the diseases that can go after hemp root systems. While...
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