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Texas Hemp Growers leads on advocacy and exposure for Texas’ budding hemp industry. Below are reports featuring Texas Hemp Growers’ work:

2022

Dallas Observer – Apr. 13, 2022 – A Licensed Cannabis Grower Learns That Obeying the Law Won’t Keep You Out of Jail in Navarro County

Dallas Observer – Apr. 5, 2022 – In Texas and Beyond, Hemp Growers Are Fighting a Bill They Say Could Crush the Industry

Dallas Observer – Mar. 22, 2022 – Biden Spending Bill Recommends Rules for CBD and Another Look at the Federal THC Cap

Dallas Observer – Mar. 8, 2022 – In Texas and Beyond, Hemp Companies Want More Regulation, Not a Ban on THC Isomer Products

Modern Farmer – Mar. 4, 2022 – Proposed Hemp Bill Would Open Field Up to More Growers

Dallas Observer – Feb. 22, 2022 – Not Just Texas: This Bill Could Ban Delta-8 Products Across the Whole Country

High Times – Jan. 9, 2022 – Texas Supreme Court Takes Case Challenging Smokable Hemp Ban

2021

Spectrum News – Nov. 9, 2021 – Judge’s ruling temporarily makes delta-8 THC legal in Texas

High Times – Nov. 9, 2021 – Texas Judge Blocks State’s Delta-8 THC Ban

Spectrum News – Oct. 28, 2021 – Texas CBD store owner takes delta-8 THC products off his shelves after DSHS lists it as controlled substance

Austin Business Journal – Oct. 28, 2021 – Texas saw 33% jump in medical cannabis patients in September

Dallas Morning News – Oct. 22, 2021 – Texas CBD, vape shops take legal action after delta-8 THC deemed illegal by state

Texas Monthly – Oct. 21, 2021 – Texas Hemp Business Celebrates Itself Amid Setbacks

KXAN – Oct. 21, 2021 – CBD, convenience stores across Texas surprised by update on DSHS website

Spectrum News – Oct. 21, 2021 – Delta-8 THC is illegal in Texas, state clarifies

Fox 7 Austin – Oct. 20, 2021 – Delta-8 THC is illegal, Texas Department of State Health Services says

Dallas Observer – Oct. 19. 2021 – Delta-8 THC Is Illegal, the Texas Department of State Health Services Says

Dallas Morning News – Oct. 19, 2021 – Delta-8 THC products are illegal in Texas, updated health department website says

Bakersfield – Sep. 8, 2021 – Are Texas hemp crops concealing marijuana? Maybe, says Texas ag commissioner

The Growth Op – Sep. 3, 2021 – Texas Agriculture Commissioner says its “highly probable” that some licensed hemp cultivators are also growing pot

Austin American Statesman – Sep. 3, 2021 – Are Texas hemp crops concealing marijuana? Maybe, says ag commissioner Sid Miller

San Antonio Current – Aug. 31, 2021 – The removal of Texas’ ban on smokable hemp means state will be part of a $400 million market

Marijuana Moment – Aug. 23, 2021 – Texas Ban On Smokeable Hemp Manufacturing And Sales Is Unconstitutional, Judge Rules

High Times – Aug. 23, 2021 – Judge Rules Texas Ban on Smokable Hemp Unconstitutional

Hemp Industry Daily – Aug. 23, 2021 – Texas ban on smokable hemp tossed, opening potential $400 million market

KVUE – Aug. 23, 2021 – Texas District Court judge rules ‘entire’ smokable hemp ban unconstitutional

The Austin Chronicle – May 28, 2021 – Cannabis Bills Near Texas Lege Finish Line, Diluted and Distorted

KTEN – May 28, 2021 – Texas bill would reduce penalty for marijuana concentrates

Spectrum News – Apr. 30, 2021 – Cannabis compound known as Delta-8 sparks debate

The Austin Chronicle – Apr. 16, 2021 – The State of Delta-8: Booming Business?

KFDX Texoma’s Homepage – Feb. 6, 2021 – Local farmers attend Texas Hemp Growers seminar at MPEC

KETK NBC – Feb. 4, 2021 – SPECIAL REPORT: How East Texans are cashing-in on hemp

Times Record News – Feb. 2, 2021 – Hemp Growing Class coming to Town

Abilene Reporter News – Jan. 9, 2021 – Business notebook: Master class offered for hemp growers

2020

The Growth Op – Nov. 9, 2020 – Texas farmers are harvesting hemp for the first time in 80 years

The Austin Chronicle – Nov. 6, 2020 – Texas Sees Its First Hemp Harvest in 80 Years

The Center Square – Sep. 9, 2020 – Texas hemp growers adapt to challenging weather, market conditions

Hemp Grower – Aug. 21, 2020 – Texas Judge Temporarily Lifts Ban on Smokable Hemp

KUT 90.5 – Aug. 19, 2020 – Travis County Judge Temporarily Blocks Texas Ban On Smokable Hemp Products

Fort Worth Weekly – Aug. 12, 2020 – Seeing Green

The Fresh Toast – Aug. 12, 2020 – Texas Punishing People, Small Businesses For Their Hemp Screw-up

Reform Austin News – Aug. 10, 2020 – Makers, Distributors Sue Over Texas’s Ban on Sales of Smokable Hemp

Hemp Industry Daily – Aug. 6, 2020 – Texas businesses file lawsuit against state for smokable hemp ban

Fort Worth Weekly – Aug. 5, 2020 – High Time for Marijuana Reform?

Fort Worth Weekly – June 1, 2020 – Smokable Hemp Banned in Texas?

KVIA ABC El Paso – Feb. 23, 2020 – Texas farmers look to learn how to grow hemp

KETK NBC Tyler – Feb. 15, 2020 – Tyler conference extols benefits of hemp, encourages potential growers

Spectrum Local News – Feb. 5, 2020 – Texas farmers one step closer to growing hemp

KFDX NBC 3, Wichita Falls – Feb. 1, 2020 – Texas Hemp Growers members host hemp master class

The Eagle News, College Station – Jan. 26, 2020 – Locals gather in College Station for hemp growing master class

KBTX CBS College Station – Jan. 26, 2020 – Hemp master class attracts more than 100 area farmers

KCEN NBC Waco – Jan. 22, 2020 – Hemp hearing draws hundreds of farmers in Waco

KVII ABC, Amarillo – Jan. 20, 2020 – Will hemp be legal before planting season?

KLBK EverythingLubbock.com – Jan. 18, 2020 – Texas Hemp Growers hosting master class in Lubbock Saturday

KTRH AM 740 – Jan. 10, 2020 – Hemp industry expected to grow wildly in Texas

KMID Fox 24 – Jan. 3, 2020 – Texas Hemp Growers plan Master Class in Big Spring

95.1 FM KFYO – Jan. 3, 2020 – Texas Hemp Growers set to host master class in Lubbock

2019

Huntsville Item – Nov. 13, 2019 – Hemp growing class coming to Huntsville

Spectrum News – Oct. 19, 2019 – Texas Farmers Prepare For Hemp Growing

The Austin Chronicle – Oct. 18, 2019 – Texas Hemp Growers Host Master Class on Modern Cultivation

Austin American-Statesman – Oct 11, 2019 – Industry advocates wary as state weighs hemp rules

Fox 7 Austin – CBD hearing with Department of State Health Services

CBS Austin – CBD users must rely on good faith until state decides on regulations

KAMR (Amarillo) – Texas Hemp Growers hosting hemp class in Amarillo

KFDA CBS (Amarillo) – Texas Hemp Growers hosting class to teach farmers hemp cultivation this weekend

96.9 KISS FM (Amarillo) – Grow hemp, Amarillo class will teach you

Amarillo Globe-News – Texas Hemp Growers to host master class for producers