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Prospective Growers, Industry Experts Meet for Hemp Summit

There are many potential uses for industrial hemp, such as in the creation of building materials.

January 29, 2025

Gabriel Ostler,

WAHPETON, N.D. – At the brand-new Väderstad building in Wahpeton, members of all parts of the industrial hemp industry met to discuss its viability as a potential crop for the region. Harold Stanislawski of the Agricultural Utilization Research Institute says that this year’s Northland Industrial Hemp Summit is all about building relationships. “We’re willing to cooperate and collaborate with one…

Building crews on Lower Sioux Reservation using industrial hemp

October 14, 2023

Jim Monk,

MORTON, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – Crews on the Lower Sioux Indian Reservation are using industrial hemp to build new housing. Project manager Danny Desjarlais said a product called “hempcrete” replaces insulation and drywall during construction. “It is just a lime-based binder mixed with some hemp hurd,” Desjarlais said. “The inside woody core of the stock looks like little pieces of wood…

North Dakota officials to review hemp house sustainability in Downtown Fargo

August 23, 2022

Site Staff,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — An experiment near downtown Fargo centers around two homes sitting next to each other. The purpose of these homes is for research material. One of them is made out of hemp. The other is made out of conventional wood frames covered by that classic white house wrap material. Many across the Red River Valley wonder how…

The Northern Hemp Summit showcases new innovations

"It is an end all, be all plant."

December 14, 2021

Site Staff,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Hemp continues to gain popularity and with that questions are arising. Agriculture leaders gather at The Northern Hemp Summit with information and innovations. “It just brings farmers and people who are interested in the hemp industry together to make new contacts, learn about regulatory stuff and any information that they might need can be found here…

Weeding Out Misinformation, Bad Producers in the CBD Industry

"We can guarantee what it says on the label is what's in the bottle is being tested, but that's not the case for all the new CBD companies trying to sell products," Casey Ruckheim said.

July 29, 2020

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PARKERS PRAIRIE, Minn. — “We had no clue as far as growing anything like this before, as a farmer you put a seed in the ground and things happen,” Matt Ruckheim said. R Bottled Gold CBD is a hemp based business by Casey Ruckheim and her husband Matt. The pair have been growing for over a year, selling multiple different…

Business owner gives back to local moms amid Coronavirus pandemic

Although her shop is struggling, Vivian Fellman says she wants to give back to the community

April 5, 2020

Site Staff,

FARGO, N.D. — A Fargo business owner wants to make a difference in the lives of moms struggling during the pandemic. As a local business owner and mother of two, Vivian Fellman of Kota Organics has experienced the stressors of the Coronavirus pandemic firsthand. Kota Organics is a hemp wellness shop. Fellman says her CBD products have helped clients with…

Sen. Tina Smith Creates Rural Economic Working Group

the goal of the group is to take innovative ideas from small communities and incorporate them to ones who need more help throughout the U.S.

August 12, 2019

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EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. — Taking innovative ideas from rural communities in Minnesota and incorporating them at the federal level. Senator Tina Smith says that’s what can really help some change places across the country need. She announced she is starting a bipartisan Senate “Rural Economic Working Group.” And she’s doing it alongside Republican South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds. “Our…

Interest in Hemp Production Growing in North Dakota

CBD is cropping up in grocery stores, health food stores and even gas stations.

July 22, 2019

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BISMARCK, N.D. – Interest in hemp production is growing in North Dakota. State officials say they’re seeing the most interest in growing hemp for cannabidiol. CBD is derived from the hemp plant, but unlike its cousin cannabis, it lacks potency. Now CBD, which many say has healing properties, is cropping up in grocery stores, health food stores and even gas…

Hemp Farmer Charged With Selling Drugs

The level for commercial hemp cannot exceed 0.3 percent.

June 19, 2019

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PRESTON, Minn. (AP) _ A Minnesota hemp farmer is facing charges after authorities claimed his products had more than the legal limit of the compound that makes users high. Court documents say products from Luis Hummel’s 5th Sun Gardens hemp farm in Lanesboro were sent to a lab for tests and found to have THC levels above 3 percent. The…

Interested in Growing Hemp in North Dakota?

Next year will be the third year of the state's industrial hemp research program

December 11, 2017

TJ Nelson,

BISMARCK, ND — North Dakota’s Agriculture Department is hosting a meeting for people interested in growing industrial hemp. The meeting will be held at 10 a.m. Friday in the Brynhild Haugland Room at the state Capitol in Bismarck. Next year will be the third year of the state’s industrial hemp research program. Its goal is to determine whether hemp can…