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With Gov. Scott Walker signing a bill legalizing hemp production in Wisconsin last month, farmers wait for the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) to create hemp regulations and permitting processes before deciding if hemp is a crop they want to grow...

Following the legalization of industrial hemp farming in Wisconsin, some local lawmakers expressed excitement on what that future holds for farmers. Wisconsin was one of the largest producers of industrial hemp in the early 1900s until it was banned in the 1950s. The National Hemp Association...

Republican Gov. Scott Walker has signed a bill that allows Wisconsin farmers to grow industrial hemp. Walker signed the bill Thursday. The bill passed the Legislature unanimously. The measure's sponsor, Republican Rep. Jesse Kremer, tweeted Thursday that the bill will make Wisconsin a...

Farmers in diverse states like Hawaii, Kentucky, Maine and Minnesota are researching a new crop: industrial hemp. Many states are changing laws to allow growing of hemp. Wisconsin is slow to get in the game. Hopefully, this is about to change. Lawmakers on the Senate Agriculture, Small...

A Wisconsin tribe is set to grow hemp in hopes of extracting oil from the plant that could help treat seizures and other health problems, despite uncertainty over its legality. The St. Croix Chippewa plan to begin production at the end of the month, the Wisconsin State Journal reported ...

The state Senate's agriculture committee has overwhelmingly approved a bill that would allow Wisconsin farmers to grow hemp. The panel voted unanimously Wednesday to approve the proposal. The vote clears the way for a full floor vote in the Senate. The bill would set up state licenses for...

The "gateway theory" has been with us for about as long as the War on Drugs. Despite it being debunked over and over and over again, politicians and reefer madness acolytes just love evoking the nonsensical theory whenever they get boxed in a corner. Earlier this year, even the Drug...

A legislative committee is set to vote on a bill that would allow Wisconsin farmers to grow hemp. The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Small Business and Tourism is scheduled to vote on the measure Wednesday morning. The bill calls for the state Department of Agriculture, Trade and...

The Latest on a bill that would legalize industrial hemp in Wisconsin (all times local): 10:35 a.m. Two Republican lawmakers are making the case for their bill legalizing industrial hemp in Wisconsin. Rep. Jesse Kremer and Sen. Patrick Testin held a news conference Tuesday ahead of a...

During World War II, Janesville and other communities across southern Wisconsin petitioned the U.S government to build a lucrative crop processing plant near their cities. The crop would be used primarily to build rope for the war effort, and a factory could provide an economic boom to a...

Wisconsin Farm Bureau president Jim Holte and Kentucky Congressman James Comer team up on a column posted on WisOpinion urging the Wisconsin Legislature to pass bills that will legalize the growing of hemp as a farm product. They write how hemp was once a huge Wisconsin crop, and they believe it...

It's not every day a congressman from Kentucky and a farmer from Wisconsin ignite a national conversation on a specific issue. However, when it comes to industrial hemp, no two states are more historically intertwined. We once defined and dominated hemp production in this country, and we are...

A Wisconsin lawmaker wants to use medical and recreational marijuana to cure the state's sick economy. Last week, State Rep. Melissa Sargent introduced a cannabis legalization bill aimed at raising the scarce dollars needed to patch roads and keep the lights on in schools across Wisconsin...

State Representative Melissa Sargent is introducing a bill to legalize both medicinal and recreational use of marijuana in Wisconsin. The Madison Democrat introduced similar bills in the last two legislative sessions. Sargent says it provides more than 100 pages of protections that...

A Wisconsin lawmaker is circulating a bill that he claims would reinvigorate the state's agriculture sector, while creating new manufacturing and tech opportunities by bringing industrial hemp back as a farm commodity. Rep. Jesse Kremer says he's been meeting with various state agencies and farm...

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos mostly got it right in softening his stance on medical marijuana recently. "If you get a prescription to use an opiate or you get a prescription to use marijuana, to me I think that's the same thing," Vos, R-Rochester, told the Associated Press. "I would be open to...

Democratic lawmakers on Feb. 6 called for a statewide referendum on legalizing medical marijuana. State Sen. Jon Erpenbach and state Rep. Chris Taylor unveiled their medical marijuana proposals during a news conference at the Capitol. They were joined by Dr. David Olive, a medical marijuana...

Madison – Democrats in the Wisconsin Legislature are circulating a bill to legalize medical marijuana. The proposal by state Sen. Jon Erpenbach and Rep. Chris Taylor comes after Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said he would be open to the idea. Republicans have typically been against...

Madison, Wis. – As a marijuana extract used to treat seizures becomes more widely embraced, even by former Republican opponents, the conversation in Wisconsin is shifting to whether the time is right to approve medical marijuana. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos told reporters last week he would...

Madison, Wis. — Republican state senators have reached a deal on a proposal making it legal in Wisconsin to possess a marijuana extract used to treat seizures. A similar bill failed to pass last session despite widespread bipartisan support when Republican senators derailed the proposal amid...