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 ...

A Gridley farmer and hemp cultivation advocate was arrested Wednesday in alleged connection with an illegal cannabis processing operation in Live Oak. The investigation, led by Yuba Sutter Narcotic ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ken Meyer reaches out to inspect some processed hemp at his plant in Winfred on June 2, 2025. (Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight) WINFRED — Ken Meyer’s boots imprint the fine layer of dust settled ...

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 ...

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 ...