Tumbling wholesale cannabis prices in some markets are devastating plant-touching operators and generating negative fallout for ancillary companies that provide services and products to those businesses. In order for supplementary companies such as accountants,...
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.
Global measurement and data analytics company Nielsen has formed an alliance with Seattle-based cannabis analytics firm Headset to provide insights about the U.S. marijuana market to consumer packaged goods (CPG) businesses. According to a...
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, even though marijuana sales won't be allowed. The...
As the marijuana industry matures, some experts predict a split will occur that's similar to what has happened in the beer industry: Consumers can pick a less flavorful, cheap beer - or they can go for more expensive craft brews, which boast better flavor and quality....
Massachusetts' marijuana czar disputes a claim by a Salem cannabis retailer this week that flaws in the state's traceability system caused the store to run out of flower. Steven Hoffman, chair of the state's Cannabis Control Commission, said...
A Boston-area marijuana store had to temporarily stop selling adult-use cannabis flower because of an issue with Massachusetts’ seed-to-sale traceability system, Metrc.
Cultivators hoping to keep production costs down should consider one crucial component shaping their bottom line: energy consumption.
Pennsylvania's medical cannabis businesses made at least 600,000 transactions during the program's first year and their sales totaled $132 million, according to state officials. That marks a strong start for medical marijuana businesses in the Keystone State compared...
The initial crop of legal medical marijuana in Louisiana has made it through the first round of laboratory testing, clearing an important checkpoint to legal sales. The cannabis grown by GB Sciences passed each laboratory inspection conducted by the Department of...
Marijuana technology firm MassRoots – which has been struggling financially – said it agreed to acquire COWA Science, a cannabis-focused logistics and supply chain firm, in a stock deal valued at $5.8 million.
The U.S. attorney for Oregon has warned against a proposal to permit local cannabis companies to export crops and products to other states. U.S. Attorney Billy Williams reiterated on Thursday the fact that transporting marijuana across state...
