Hemp expo kicks off April 6 in Loveland

LOVELAND — Hemp producers will ride the wave of positive industry news as they gather in Loveland April 6-7 at the Ranch Event Complex for the fifth annual NoCo Hemp Expo.

The news they’ll celebrate:

• A majority of states have eased regulations on the formerly controlled crop.
• U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., will introduce The Hemp Farming Act, which will legalize hemp production from a federal perspective.
• Demand for hemp products is growing in the U.S.

Industrial hemp, the non-psychoactive relative of marijuana, is…