Hemp

Governor Kristi Noem is asking state lawmakers to put a pause on legalizing hemp for production.Two bills working through the legislature deal with hemp…

South Dakota farmers wanting to grow hemp crossed a legal hurdle on Thursday, Feb. 7.The House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources approved a…

Hemp-derived cannabidiol, or CBD, is on its way to being clearly removed from a list of scheduled drugs in South Dakota.The Health and Human Services…

The Senate Health and Human Services Committee will reconsider a bill that regulates cannabidiol, or CBD, a Schedule IV drug in South Dakota.That means…

Hemp activists in South Dakota intend to ask the legislature to clear up confusion surrounding the recent decriminalization of hemp.In the most recent…

Some South Dakota farmers are watching closely as North Dakota brings in its second industrial hemp crop.It’s a pilot program that South Dakota lawmakers…

House Bill 1204, an act to authorize the growth and sale of industrialized hemp in South Dakota, passed the Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee by…

Oglala Lakota hemp farmer Alex White Plume says he wants to harvest the wild hemp seeds growing on his land and plant a new crop next year. In the late…

The Statehouse Podcast for February 2nd, 2016 includes coverage of legislation on education funding, hemp, and vehicular homicide.

A panel of state legislators has turned down a bill to legalize industrial hemp. The bill passed the house by a large majority, but hit a wall in its…