How to get marijuana and hemp plants from the greenhouse into the ground
(This is the third installment in a series focused on cultivation planning for marijuana and hemp growers. The second installment is available here.)
Outdoor cannabis producers often have a brief window to get their seedlings and clones transplanted during planting season.
Here are...
Fertilizing and amending soil on outdoor marijuana and hemp farms
(This is the second installment in a series focused on cultivation planning for marijuana and hemp growers. The first installment is available here.)
Crop nutrition is crucial to a successful start for marijuana and hemp farms, and depending on...
Court battle over one of Virginia’s five medical cannabis licenses
Illinois-based PharmaCann has taken Virginia to court over a medical cannabis business license that the company claims is rightfully theirs, even though state officials have solicited new bids for the permit.
PharmaCann’s suit requests that the application process be...
Cannabis MSO Cresco expands in Massachusetts via $90 million acquisition
Chicago-based cannabis multistate operator Cresco Labs is spending $90 million to acquire all the outstanding equity interests of vertically integrated Massachusetts operator Cultivate.
According to a news release, Cresco is paying $15 million in cash and $75 million in...
Missouri revokes licenses of overdue medical cannabis operators
Missouri medical cannabis regulators are revoking the licenses of some businesses that haven’t met their one-year cutoffs to open and didn’t receive extensions.
Permits revoked so far include a handful of marijuana manufacturing, transport and testing companies, according to...
SPAC to acquire four marijuana operations in $210 million deal
New York-based Greenrose Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, entered into definitive agreements to acquire four marijuana businesses in a deal initially valued at $210 million.
The companies to be acquired are Futureworks (doing business as The Health...
Aurora Cannabis puts mammoth 1.7 million-square-foot greenhouse on the sales block
Aurora Cannabis is looking to unload one of the largest and most expensive greenhouses ever built to grow marijuana, but any potential buyer could be on the hook for additional expenditures to get the project across the finish...
CWNevada’s receivership might offer blueprint to other financially strapped cannabis businesses
A once-significant player in Nevada’s cannabis industry is in the final stages of liquidating more than $12 million worth of assets under the guidance of a state court, offering a potential road map for marijuana businesses that are...
Metrc downtime in California ‘causing a lot of heartburn’ for cannabis companies
Problems with California’s seed-to-sale tracking system are causing cannabis companies to spend thousands of dollars in extra time and money to remain in compliance with state regulations.
The state pays Metrc, a Florida-based company with contracts in 15 states...