WINFRED, S.D. — There has been a steadily growing interest in hemp production across the nation, but most notably in South Dakota, which was named the top producer of hemp in 2024. The 2018 Farm Bill ...

The Southern Ute Indian Tribe has become investors in a 500,000-square-foot hemp processing facility in Wichita Falls, Texas, saying it is part of the tribe’s commitment to sustainable and innovative ...

MORTON, MINN. – Eight-foot-tall stalks of hemp swayed in a field on the prairie here, ready for harvest. But these plants won’t get anyone high. Instead, they’ll be turned into hempcrete, a building ...

A federal ban on most hemp-derived THC products is expected to go into effect in November. It could eliminate the most profitable market for farmers who grow hemp. Subscribe to the new Harvest ...

WAKONDA, S.D. — Despite South Dakota being the third-to last state to legalize industrial hemp farming, the state now leads the nation in production. Ken Meyer, president of the South Dakota ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ken Meyer reaches out to inspect some processed hemp at his plant in Winfred on June 2, 2025. (Joshua Haiar/South Dakota ...

South Dakota continued to expand its industrial hemp footprint in 2024 as Texas quickly gained ground, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Hemp Report. As defined in the 2018 ...

REXBURG, Idaho — More shipments of animal bedding are leaving an eastern Idaho hemp processing plant, and that pleases John Lupien. Whitefield Global Holdings opened the facility in July 2023 in ...