Learning that Panda Biotech has opened a hemp processing facility that’s the biggest in the U.S. and among the largest in the world is one thing. Beholding the 500,000-square-foot gin, running nearly ...

WINFRED, S.D. — Ken Meyer’s boots imprint the fine layer of dust settled over the concrete floor as he walks through South Dakota’s first industrial hemp processing facility. It’s loud. Fans whirl and ...

With marijuana and hemp leaders working together toward a shared vision of more effective federal policy, the path ahead is ...

HOUSTON — There’s a new business coming to town operating from an iconic space. The old Maxwell House plant on Houston’s east side is set to become a hemp processing facility. It’s expected to support ...

GREAT FALLS — In 2020, a north-central Montana hemp crop was harvested, beginning a trial run by two Montana companies to produce clothing without the material ever leaving the United States. When the ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The bill that ended the federal government shutdown could have unintended consequences for hemp farmers in South Dakota. That’s what Ken Meyer, who owns a hemp processing ...

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. Raw hemp plants from farms near and ...

WAKONDA, S.D. (KELO) — Dakota Hemp is building a new processing center near Wakonda, making it just the second center in South Dakota. South Dakota has always been known for growing corn and soybeans, ...