by Raymond Neupert | Oct 8, 2019
It was a busy floor session on Tuesday in the State Senate, with dozens of appointments and bills on the agenda. Senators started the session by approving all of Governor Tony Evers’ Cabinet picks. Those appointments had been held up for several sessions before...
by Raymond Neupert | Apr 16, 2018
Farmers looking to add industrial hemp to their fields need to start doing their homework and talk with the state before they try to plant crops. Wisconsin has started a program that allows for farmers to grow industrial hemp on a limited, pilot basis. Melody Walker...
by Andrew Beckett | Nov 9, 2017
The state Assembly has approved legislation that could allow Wisconsin farmers to grow industrial hemp. The bill, which passed the Senate earlier this week, would create a state pilot program under which farmers can grow industrial hemp with a permit. State...
by Bob Hague | Nov 7, 2017
The state Senate has unanimously approved legislation that could allow Wisconsin farmers to grow industrial hemp. The bill would require the Department of Agriculture to issue licenses allowing for growing and processing industrial hemp. Backers of the bill say it...
by Bob Hague | Oct 18, 2017
Legislation that would allow for the cultivation of industrial hemp in Wisconsin is moving forward. The state Senate’s agriculture committee voted unanimously on Wednesday, to pass a bill from Stevens Point Republican Patrick Testin. “We now have a chance...
by Bob Hague | Oct 2, 2017
A Wisconsin congressman is supporting a bill that would allow American farmers to grow industrial hemp. Sixth District congressman Glenn Grothman said he can’t imagine any reasons to object to returning hemp as a crop for Wisconsin farmers. “It was...
by Bob Hague | Feb 26, 2017
Could industrial hemp be a viable crop for Wisconsin farmers? It was in the past, and now some state lawmakers think it could be again. Legislation from state Representative Jesse Kremer (R-Kewaskum) and state Senator Patrick Testin (R-Stevens Point) legalize...
by Bob Hague | Dec 26, 2018
Wisconsin bankers appear hesitant over hemp. Hemp and its derivatives have been removed from the Controlled Substances Act, and passage of the Farm Bill into law has intensified discussion and scrutiny of its crop potential. But a recent Wisconsin Bankers Association...
by Raymond Neupert | May 9, 2018
The recent legal actions concerning industrial hemp and a hemp product has a processor concerned about the future of a new facility. Ken Anderson with Legacy Hemp says statements by Wisconsin law enforcement over the legality of CBD oil have his investors anxious....
by Bob Hague | May 7, 2018
A hurdle for industrial hemp in Wisconsin. State Senator Pat Testin (R-Stevens Point), who wrote legislation enabling a pilot program for farmers in Wisconsin to plant hemp, said the response from farmers has been enthusiastic, with more that 350 applications filed....
by Bob Hague | Dec 1, 2017
Wisconsin farmers can now grow industrial hemp. State Senator Pat Testin (R-Stevens Point) authored legislation signed into law by Governor Scott Walker, paving the way for the return of a once profitable crop. “Wisconsin was once a national leader in hemp...
by Andrew Beckett | Oct 10, 2017
Wisconsin could join a growing list of states that allow farmers to grow industrial hemp. A state Senate committee heard testimony Tuesday on a bill that would create a state pilot program to allow farmers to grow industrial hemp. Ken Anderson with Legacy Hemp, a...
by WRN Contributor | Apr 20, 2016
Arguments will be heard by a federal judge next month on the Menominee Indian Tribe’s lawsuit against the federal government over a hemp-growing operation. Court records indicate that oral arguments are scheduled for May 13 before Judge William Griesbach. The...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 25, 2016
The Menominee Tribe is asking a federal court for a summary judgement to declare its industrial hemp growing operation legal. The request comes in response to the federal government’s motion seeking the lawsuit from the tribe to be tossed. Last November, the...
by Bob Hague | Nov 18, 2015
A lawsuit has been filed by the Menominee Nation of Wisconsin against two federal agencies over the tribe’s hemp growing operation. Federal drug agents raided a field on the tribe’s reservation near Suring last month. Tribal officials say the raid...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 22, 2010
Steps to legalize industrial hemp in Wisconsin are facing Republican opposition. All Republicans on the Assembly Agriculture Committee recently voted against a measure passed by the Democratic majority, which would allow Wisconsin farmers to apply for permits to grow...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 22, 2010
A legislative panel is moving toward allowing farmers to grow industrial hemp, a crop that used to be big in Wisconsin before the War on Drugs. Louie Molepske Jr. (D-Stevens Point) is behind the effort which was approved by the Assembly Agriculture Committee...
by WRN Contributor | Jun 4, 2007
A Wisconsin farmer-legislator keeps trying to make industrial hemp a legal crop in the state. Republican Eugene Hahn from Cambria has been trying to get the legislature to legalize industrial hemp farming for a decade. He's made some progress this session. His...
by Bob Hague | May 11, 2018
Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel is clarifying a memo on CBD oil and industrial hemp. The oil can be used to treat seizures. Schimel said there are products being sold in Wisconsin that are not FDA approved. “There have been parents who have purchased...
by WRN Contributor | May 10, 2018
A Wisconsin legislator is confident farmers and processors will be able to go forward with their first industrial hemp crop since 1937. State Senator Patrick Testin (R-Stevens Point) met with Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel, state agriculture officials, and...
