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H**p is one of the oldest, heartiest and most versatile plants on earth. It has been an important source of fibres, food and medicine throughout history. The industrial strain, known as cannabis sativa, produces fibre, oil and seeds. The entire plant can be processed into a wide range of raw materials such as pulp, paper, fuel, resins and wax. In the construction industry, variously processed h**p

is used as a main component in bricks, particle board, insulation, and h**pcrete, a concrete-like mixture that can be plastered or sprayed onto interior and exterior walls. H**p building materials reverse the damaging effects of greenhouse gases by locking up harmful CO2 emissions. They are also stronger and lighter than those used in traditional construction.

03/04/2026

A coalition of anti-cannabis groups has filed suit in federal court seeking to block what it characterizes as the coverage of non-FDA-approved h**p products under Medicare-linked programs.

The lawsuit, led by Smart Approaches to Ma*****na and other groups, challenges a Medicare pilot program that lets providers give certain items—including CBD—to patients under flexible care rules.

Plaintiffs argue the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is effectively opening a pathway for cannabinoid products that have not been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (USDA).

The lawsuit names Mehmet Oz, CMS Administrator, and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as defendants.

The usual suspects

The plaintiffs are part of a long-running anti-cannabis advocacy network that has consistently opposed the normalization of cannabis-derived products in medical settings.

The underlying program is narrower than both critics and proponents suggest.

Plaintiffs argue the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is effectively opening a pathway for cannabinoid products that have not been approved.

03/04/2026

U.S.-based Charlotte’s Web Holdings (CW) has agreed to a restructuring deal with British American To***co (BAT) that removes the CBD maker’s largest liability while sharply increasing the to***co giant’s ownership stake.

The move comes as publicly-traded CW reported losses of roughly $30 million in 2025 against total revenues of about $50 million. Those figures are essentially the same as they were in 2024.

The deal wipes out about $65 million in debt by turning it into shares, leaving Charlotte's Web Holdings with no long-term obligations – but significantly diluting existing shareholders – while adding $10 million in new cash. The combined transaction results in the issuance of roughly 110 million new shares.

Priorities

Charlotte’s Web said the added liquidity will support near-term priorities, including participation in a U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services pilot program and continued development of its clinical pipeline.

Following the deal, BAT will own approximately 40% of Charlotte’s Web on a non-diluted basis.

03/04/2026

INTERVIEW: Dr. Ernesto Valenzuela is a Senior Lecturer in Agricultural Economics at La Trobe University. His work supports regional development, agriculture and sustainable industries, translating research into practical insights for industry and policy, with a strong focus on building resilient supply chains for emerging sectors such as industrial h**p.

H**pToday: Where does industrial h**p sit within LISAF’s broader research agenda, and what drew the institute into this emerging sector?
Ernesto Valenzuela: Industrial h**p fits within LISAF crop-innovation agenda as an emerging, versatile crop with strong sustainability potential. LISAF’s work in h**p reflects early-stage industry interest and the need for evidence-based research to assess agronomic performance, value-chain viability and regional development opportunities before large-scale commercial uptake.

HT: H**pcrete is gaining attention globally.

H**pcrete panels are promising because they combine very low embodied carbon with strong insulation, fire resistance and moisture regulation.

31/03/2026

Industrial h**p advocates in the United States are seeking $652 million in federal funding for 2027, outlining an ambitious push to build supply chains, processing capacity and markets for grain and fiber that would mark a sharp departure from the government’s limited support for the crop to date.

The proposal, from the National H**p Association (NHA), was recently submitted to Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman, a member of the Senate Agriculture and Appropriations Committees, according to Geoff Whaling, NHA president.

The request spans research, infrastructure and market development, with the largest share—$300 million—earmarked for rural processing systems. Other allocations include $200 million for market expansion and feed research, and $50 million for regional “validation hubs”—real-world test-and-scale centers for the entire h**p value chain.

But the level of investment is difficult to reconcile with the sector’s track record.

The request spans research, infrastructure and market development, with the largest share—$300 million—earmarked for rural processing systems.

27/03/2026

This strategy says little or nothing about h**p's potential environmental benefits, appropriate, I guess, because Trump has gutted the funding for all that stuff. H**p stood to gain massively from environmental policy of the past. There was federal money for that. Even if h**p didn't get but a negligible slice, it was a legitimate potential avenue to build on.

Gone.

So now, presumably, it's all down to, let's call it – the “business plan” for h**p. This is basically a supply-driven strategy in a market that hasn’t yet proven demand. There's no there there, so to speak, when viewed with the cold eye of the businessman, the “investor.”

Even at the top end, only $200 million in federal money went to the h**p industry since pilots were allowed in 2014; now, all of a sudden, in one year, that will be more than tripled? Hard to imagine.

You can be sure if that kind of money – modest as it is – goes out to the h**p industry next year, it'll be about business, alright. Business as usual.

The request spans research, infrastructure and market development, with the largest share—$300 million—earmarked for rural processing systems.

26/03/2026

In the lingering battle over intoxicating h**p in the U.S., a newly formed “coalition” has entered the debate — an engineered, campaign-style effort that presents itself as grassroots while operating through Washington insiders.

H**p Industry and Farmers of America (HIFA), which “emerged” (as its website observes) last December, is linked to both Republican and Democrat lobbyists, and is rather obviously a shill for intoxicating h**p producers and their CBD-making handmaidens.

Press reports have identified Brian Swensen, a political strategist who served as national political director for FBI Director Vivek Ramaswamy's failed 2024 presidential bid before switching to the Trump campaign, as the group's executive director. He was also previously deputy campaign manager for Marco Rubio's 2016 Senate campaign.

I mean, look: If you're gonna deal with a criminal organization, you need a good interface, right?

The 2025 funding law signed by Trump last December redefined h**p, removing delta-8, HHC, THCA flower and any similar compounds from the category.

25/03/2026

U.S. federal health officials have opened a narrow new path for certain consumer h**p products under a handful of Medicare test programs, allowing participating health groups to provide them to some patients.

The new guidance, which appears aimed mainly at non-intoxicating h**p-derived CBD products, comes from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the U.S. agency that runs Medicare and Medicaid. It applies only to a few limited federal programs in which CMS tests new ways of organizing and paying for care.

Narrow scope

The guidance lets certain participating health care organizations talk with eligible patients about qualifying h**p products and, if they choose, provide those products under set rules that do not treat these products as approved drugs or as ordinary medical products covered by Medicare.

For the U.S.

The guidance lets certain participating health care organizations talk with eligible patients about qualifying h**p products and, if they choose, provide those products.

25/03/2026

South Dakota has ended its state-run industrial h**p program, shifting oversight of growers to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), in a move that adds a fresh warning sign from the U.S. h**p sector.

The shift comes as acreage in South Dakota, the nation's h**p leader, fell by 70% in 2025. The developments are particularly alarming because South Dakota was one of the few states that had leaned almost exclusively into grain and fiber.

For growers, the change could mean lower costs and fewer layers of oversight. But it is also a stark signal that fiber and food, h**p’s most promising markets, have a long way to go and major struggles ahead.

$ unsustainable

The switch to USDA came through Senate Bill 39, signed this week, which was backed by the South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR). State officials said the h**p program was no longer financially sustainable and that shifting growers to the USDA would cut costs for both the state and the industry.

According to testimony from the DANR, fees from h**p farmers covered only about 11% of program costs in 2025, with the rest paid from the state’s general fund.

23/03/2026

Michel Terestchenko, long associated with industrial h**p development in Ukraine, has been named the first president of the newly formed International Farmers’ Association of Ukraine (IFA).

The group, established this month near Kyiv, brings together 63 family-run farms ranging in size from 300 hectares to 22,000 hectares. Combined, the members account for roughly 275,000 hectares of farmland.

"IFA will be able to bring its voice to all negotiations important to Ukrainian farmers, such as those related to Ukraine's integration into the European Union,” said Terestchenko, the initiator of the MA’RIJANY industrial h**p project, a hub based in the Zhytomyr region.

Broad coalition

The IFA includes European farmers operating in Ukraine from Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark and Scotland, alongside Ukrainian producers.

The group, established this month near Kyiv, brings together 63 family-run farms ranging in size from 300 hectares to 22,000 hectares.

23/03/2026

A U.S. bank has filed a lawsuit against a U.S.-based cannabinoid supplier and its founders for failing to repay a roughly $1 million loan. H**p-friendly First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co. filed the suit against MC Nutraceuticals, its founders, Jeff Worley and Bret Worley, and related MC entities.

The case, filed in U.S. District Court in Texas, alleges the company and its principals failed to repay the loan issued in September 2023.

The legal skirmish is the latest in a growing list of legal challenges facing one of the U.S. h**p sector’s most visible cannabinoid producers, and underscores the risks that have long shadowed the loosely regulated market for intoxicating h**p-derived compounds such as delta-8 THC and similar synthetics.

As policymakers in Washington continue to debate revisions to federal h**p rules, companies built on the intoxicating-h**p model face increasing pressure.

A U.S. bank has filed a lawsuit against a U.S.-based cannabinoid supplier and its founders for failing to repay a roughly $1 million loan. H**p-friendly

23/03/2026

The European Industrial H**p Association (EIHA) will bring the global h**p industry to Poland in June for its 23rd annual conference, marking the first time the event has been held in the country.

The meeting, set for June 11–12 in Poznań, is being hosted and co-organized by Poland’s Institute of Natural Fibers and Medicinal Plants (IWNiRZ), a long-established research center that has played a major role in h**p and flax development in Europe.

“It is a special moment for us to welcome the international h**p community to Poland,” said EIHA President Jacek Kramarz.

The meeting, set for June 11–12 in Poznań, is being hosted and co-organized by Poland’s Institute of Natural Fibres and Medicinal Plants (IWNiRZ).

23/03/2026

In an industry long defined by fragmented supply chains and unrealized promises, Poland’s Kombinat Konopny is beginning to show what a fully integrated h**p business can look like in practice as it prepares to test that model with public investors.

The company has built tightly controlled operations from field to finished product, combining regional sourcing, in-house manufacturing and direct-to-consumer sales in a model many have described but few have executed.

It is built around a localized, vertically integrated value chain that turns regional crops into finished goods through regenerative farming, nearby processing and circular manufacturing systems that use all parts of the h**p plant.

The company has built tightly controlled operations from field to finished product, combining regional sourcing, in-house manufacturing and direct-to-consumer sales.

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