Marijuana Cultivation News

Cultivators use living soil to grow healthy cannabis without pesticides, fungicides

March 7, 2019 By Bart Schaneman

Marijuana cultivators who hope to graduate beyond premixed fertilizers and bagged dirt are increasingly moving toward an alternative way to grow healthier plants and save money: living soil.

Cultivators use living soil to grow healthy cannabis without pesticides, fungicides

March 7, 2019 By Bart Schaneman

Marijuana cultivators who hope to graduate beyond premixed fertilizers and bagged dirt are increasingly moving…

Denver cannabis firm with franchise model to list on Canadian stock exchange

March 6, 2019 By Nick Thomas

A Denver cannabis company that plans to help franchisees set up marijuana retail businesses is set to go public next month in Canada, becoming the latest U.S. MJ business to…

Denver cannabis firm with franchise model to list on Canadian stock exchange

March 6, 2019 By Nick Thomas

A Denver cannabis company that plans to help franchisees set up marijuana retail businesses is…

Pennsylvania bans medical marijuana dispensaries, growers from 4/20 festival

March 6, 2019

A cannabis festival set for April 20 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, expects to draw a crowd of 10,000, but the state bars medical marijuana dispensaries and growers from sponsoring the event,…

Pennsylvania bans medical marijuana dispensaries, growers from 4/20 festival

March 6, 2019

A cannabis festival set for April 20 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, expects to draw a crowd…

ME nixes contract with Metrc, opens bids for marijuana seed-to-sale software

March 4, 2019

Maine is withdrawing its $150,000 contract with Florida-based Franwell – the maker of cannabis seed-to-sale tracking software Metrc – because the state is concerned the deal could draw a challenge that results…

ME nixes contract with Metrc, opens bids for marijuana seed-to-sale software

March 4, 2019

Maine is withdrawing its $150,000 contract with Florida-based Franwell – the maker of cannabis seed-to-sale tracking…

New Mexico relaxes medical cannabis plant limits, so prices should ease

March 4, 2019 By Jeff Smith

New Mexico regulators enacted an emergency rule that more than quintuples the medical marijuana plant count limit to 2,500 per grower, a development that should lower MMJ prices and increase…

New Mexico relaxes medical cannabis plant limits, so prices should ease

March 4, 2019 By Jeff Smith

New Mexico regulators enacted an emergency rule that more than quintuples the medical marijuana plant…

Report: Demand could overwhelm growers if Illinois legalizes adult-use marijuana

March 1, 2019

A new report predicts Illinois’ 16 licensed marijuana cultivators would be able to supply just 35%-54% of demand if recreational marijuana is legalized, underscoring the potential size of the state’s…

Report: Demand could overwhelm growers if Illinois legalizes adult-use marijuana

March 1, 2019

A new report predicts Illinois’ 16 licensed marijuana cultivators would be able to supply just…

California cannabis licensing backlog could spur collapse of supply chain, ‘hundreds of businesses’

February 27, 2019 By John Schroyer

A California Senate panel on Wednesday advanced a bill - dubbed a "Band-Aid" by one sponsor - in a last-minute bid to prevent thousands of marijuana companies from being temporarily…

California cannabis licensing backlog could spur collapse of supply chain, ‘hundreds of businesses’

February 27, 2019 By John Schroyer

A California Senate panel on Wednesday advanced a bill - dubbed a "Band-Aid" by one…

Curaleaf acquires California cannabis group for $30.5 million

February 27, 2019

Massachusetts-based Curaleaf, a vertically integrated multistate marijuana company, acquired California’s Eureka Holdings. Eureka Holdings operates a cultivation facility in the Salinas Valley and is developing three dispensaries in the Golden…

Curaleaf acquires California cannabis group for $30.5 million

February 27, 2019

Massachusetts-based Curaleaf, a vertically integrated multistate marijuana company, acquired California’s Eureka Holdings. Eureka Holdings operates…

Multistate cannabis firm 4Front buys dispensary, grow operations in AZ and MA

February 27, 2019

4Front Holdings, a U.S. cannabis retail and brand company based in Phoenix, expanded its national footprint with acquisitions in Massachusetts and Arizona. 4Front acquired Healthy Farms, which has two dispensaries and…

Multistate cannabis firm 4Front buys dispensary, grow operations in AZ and MA

February 27, 2019

4Front Holdings, a U.S. cannabis retail and brand company based in Phoenix, expanded its national…

California officials fine three cannabis growers $233K for water violations

February 25, 2019 By John Schroyer

In what is perhaps a potential lesson to other marijuana entrepreneurs as they attempt to navigate a plethora of environmental rules, a trio of California marijuana farmers were recently hit…

California officials fine three cannabis growers $233K for water violations

February 25, 2019 By John Schroyer

In what is perhaps a potential lesson to other marijuana entrepreneurs as they attempt to…

CA county begins process of reversing controversial marijuana cultivation ban

February 21, 2019

A rural California county has begun the process of reversing a commercial marijuana cultivation ban established in January 2018, in what could prove to be a major win for cannabis…

CA county begins process of reversing controversial marijuana cultivation ban

February 21, 2019

A rural California county has begun the process of reversing a commercial marijuana cultivation ban…

CA’s use of National Guard to target illegal marijuana grows fuels questions, concerns over potential MJ industry fallout

February 21, 2019 By John Schroyer

Legal marijuana companies are cautiously welcoming California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s announcement that 150 National Guard troops will deploy to Northern California to “go after illegal cannabis farms,” but the news also is…

CA’s use of National Guard to target illegal marijuana grows fuels questions, concerns over potential MJ industry fallout

February 21, 2019 By John Schroyer

Legal marijuana companies are cautiously welcoming California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s announcement that 150 National Guard troops will…

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