In a major decision with widespread impact, the United States Supreme Court upheld California Proposition 12. ...more
The North Carolina Chamber of Commerce, through its "Ag Allies: Landscape-Shifting Legal Developments" webinar on August 18, 2021, featured North Carolina's Right to Farm Act (the "Act"), and appropriately so, as it has been...more
The North Carolina Chamber of Commerce is an avid advocate for the economic health and well-being of agribusiness and agriculture in the State through its lobbying efforts, resources available on its website, and through its...more
9/3/2021
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For some time, North Carolina's hemp farmers and growers have questioned the fate of our hemp cultivation pilot program, authorized and adopted under the Agricultural Act of 2014 ("2014 Farm Bill"), and how the eventual end...more
Agribusiness may not be an industry that the public at large often associates with data breaches and hacking. That perception is likely to change after news broke over the Memorial Day weekend that JBS, America's largest beef...more
Agribusiness may not be an industry that the public at large often associates with data breaches and hacking, but whatever the perception may be, the agricultural sector of the American economy is increasingly a ripe target...more
Several members of our Hemp Law team attended the Industrial Hemp Summit in late February.
The annual event is typically held in person at the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research in Danville, Virginia. This year,...more
The Coronavirus has been largely indiscriminate in its assault on the business community.
Agriculture is no exception. It is true that many "agribusinesses," especially those directly involved in food production and...more
This marks the second year that the North Carolina Chamber of Commerce has hosted a formal business conference dedicated to Agribusiness in North Carolina and beyond.
We were proud and privileged to participate in both....more
The unavailability of crop insurance for hemp has long been a source of frustration and risk for growers in North Carolina, especially in the wake of recent disaster events like Hurricane Florence....more
Hemp and its derivatives – including hemp-derived cannabidiol ("CBD") – were previously classified as Schedule I controlled substances under the Controlled Substances Act of 1972 ("CSA").
That changed in December 2018,...more
7/23/2019
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Interstate Commerce ,
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State and Local Government
Hemp was decriminalized with the passage of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, a.k.a. the "2018 Farm Bill."
While the 2018 Farm Bill decriminalized hemp and distinguished it from marijuana, it did not resolve all...more
On Thursday, December 20, President Donald J. Trump signed into law the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 ("Farm Bill").
"Farm bills" are adopted by Congress from time to time to reauthorize and modify USDA programs that...more