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Texas Hemp Businesses Celebrate Lawmakers’ Failure To Pass THC Product Ban

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“I’m glad I was attentive. There is no rest.”

Paul Coberler and Alex Nguyen, Texas Tribune

When the news broke the news on Wednesday after the last minute office regulations, Austin Vape and smoke staff were encouraged to action.

A manager in Zaqui Hensen, a manager in the South Austin shop, has begun to reject the strict regulation or prohibition before its legislators. The rest of the day he joined the store told him to do the same thing, Hensen said.

“I still saw the stream of home, in the case, you don’t know what’s going on at home floor,” Hensen said.

Hensen eventually could relax around 20:00. And patrick (R) announced A message by X The Senate would meet the special hours of the second session later, which effectively closes the legislature, without a new thc restriction or prohibition.

The ability to mobilize smoke shops quickly does not involve the participation of 8 billion texas hemp industry and its customer base against legislative threats this year. 2025. For the best part of the year, industry legislatures have been recorded with the uncertainty of legislators who ban or significantly reduce sales, but on Wednesday, the industry breathed a sigh of relief.

After eight months of the Commission, the hearing, discussions, decided the surprise. Greg Abbott (R) Filling the last minute hemp ban on June and Wednesday, status quo will be largely supported by the industry, for now. Hemp Derived Products: In comfort stores, liquor stores, smoke shops and drinks that sell some foods about the state, too, will be legal.

Cynthia Cabrera, President of the Texas Halamu Council Association, never relaxed this summer in two special sessions, a shortage of public effort from home to pass the entire ban on the hemp. He barely slept when the Senate early on Thursday morning.

“I’m glad I stayed the guardian,” Cabrera said, which is the main strategy of Hometown Hero, Austin-based Thc Product Manufacturer. “There is no rest for rest.”

The impasse of the legislature means a discussion to be made about hemp products. Patrick, who mentioned the use of children as a key motivator, has been confirmed XN posted It is committed to complete prohibition, despite the opposition of Abbott for a measure of such a measure.

Next step: Age restrictions

This year, the legislatures successfully passed some efforts to deal with the sale and marketing of products aimed at young people. For example, the ban Vape pen salesThose who have only passed through the usual session, which are explicitly through the usual session, to see frequently seen pens, lighters, smartphones or other items in schools.

But legislators failed to buy thc products by exceeding the age limit, despite the extensive support. Hemp Industrial Representatives said Welcome More Regulations Prohibit and Abbott directly The cow of the ban on thc hemp Call for restrictions including age limits.

“If public safety and minors were legitimate access, it would be resolved by the age of the age door,” Cabrera said. “This piece of approach means Charles Perry and Dan Patrick’s thought necessary to access products that Texans use daily.”

From a last special session, House 36. The bill It was based on banning products for children under 21. It was discussed among the last minute negotiations on Wednesday, although he finally died in a home committee, without receiving it.

This leaves age restrictions in the hands of merchants.

Hensen said his smoke shop, along with other stores that regularly communicate, have already limited access to their stores for 21 or more, as the state increased the age of 21st to 21.

Individual supporters also mentioned concerns about quality control quality control, Hensen said the first stores preferably.

“If you have a bad product on your shelves, the customer will not come again and buy again,” Hensen said. “There is no reason to be something that someone would send to the hospital.”

The damage already made

While the hemp industry avoided catastrophic prohibition, legislators decided to remove thc thcs in the market to be negatively affected by the decision. Hensen, together with other Austin smoking stores, calculated about 20 percent of sales per month.

“Yesterday I had a couple of people (THC) when requesting vapes,” Eduard Streltosov said a director of the Dream dream dream dream dream dream dend. “When I said, we didn’t have more, they left without buying anything.”

At the same time, marijuana medical expansions, therefore, has made discrepancies today, to sell Thc Vapes, tightening the first of the two cannabis.

Along with the hemp consumer, shops sell nicotine products, glass pipes and bongs. Most stores said that bannings would not be forced to completely extinguish, but it is likely that it would lead to some employees and dismissals for others.

The uncertainty of the hemp industry has also prevented growth. Austin Smoke & Vape intended to open a new location at the beginning of the year and hire more workers, but these plans paused in the spring as the prohibition measurement did during the legislature.

According to the legislature, the defenders have stated that the Department of State Health Services in Texas has already been able to supervise the law for the hemp industry, but the legislators rarely complied. Law enforcement officials believe Missing funding is regularly inspected and testing products Because fatal drugs like fentanyl take priority in crime laboratories.

The influence of the doctor marijuana

Conflicting laws of the country’s cannabis have put two sides of the industry against each other in Texas. Although it is legal derivative hemp, marijuana remains Federally unless illegal with a recipe. The highly regulated medical industry in the regulated Texas doctors have encouraged regulation and have no prohibition in the industry of his sister, Lossing customers to hemp industry.

Texas has been a medical marijuana program since 2015, and has expanded three times since 2019 and 2021 and this year. It is a restrictive program that only allow patients with a close number of conditions to buy marijuana from small number of authorized distributors.

Jervonne Singletary said a spokesman at Marijuana Mediciles at Goodblend.

“We want to make sure that people are taking that they are safe and effective,” Singles said. “At the end of the day, they are products with very few genetic differences in products, and therefore should be treated in a form or fashion way.”

As a result of the legislature, thc derived from hemp also affected the medical marijuana industry. Singletary’s company made calls worried about patients in the spring and summer, the legislative discussion could also be accessed to the Medical Marijuana.

The passage of the medical marijuana program will still be for the industry, singletarian said that the law does not seem to be similar to the hard conditions that the law stored their products. But the census could Take several monthsdelaying increased access to user support.

“Uncertainty has been difficult to plan, but I think that we can now proceed with this uncertainty that interferes with business development, and the industry can move forward with the legislature that actually supports the program.”

Heather Fazio, Defense Director of Texas Cannabis Policy Center, despite living discussions about marijuana and medical hemp, is closer to legalizing Texas recreation marijuana. The Fazio Defense Group has worked in the decade in the decade, to encourage the creation of the Marijuana Medijuana program, reducing marijuana property, protect the hemp industry and fully legalization of the drug.

“We are in the right direction, and we have significant conversations about these policies,” Fades said. “When we can have a seat at the table and when we have legislators at the table, we start breaking the problem and help us find shared values.”

This article originally appeared Texas Tribune at https://www.texastribune.org/2025/09/05/05/05/06/09/10.

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A steel roof transforms the silo into a solid building instead of a container with a cover on it

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The future of steel roofs in water silos






The demand for steel roofs on water silos in the Netherlands is increasing rapidly. According to Bas van der Elst of silo producer Hendic, this development reflects a structural change in the market rather than a temporary trend.

“Growers are increasingly choosing the safety of steel over traditional covers,” he says. “This is largely driven by safety concerns, but also by more stringent requirements from insurers and authorities.”

Van der Elst explains that structural reliability is a key factor behind the growing interest. “It’s about the reliability of the construction. A steel roof can withstand significant snow and wind loads, much more than a traditional roof. However, certification is often the deciding factor. At Hendic, we include the steel roof in the structural calculations and the CE certification of the entire silo. This is essential compared to PVC roofs.”

© Hendic

Why has CE certification become so important?
The importance of CE certification has increased, especially in export markets. “In Germany and other countries, many municipalities will not issue a permit without a structural calculation that complies with local regulations,” explains Van der Elst. “Insurers are also increasingly requiring the silo to be assessed and insured as a single unit. The steel roof effectively turns the silo into a solid building, rather than a basin with a sheet on top. This provides producers with legal certainty and operational peace of mind.”

Is safety a factor in addition to construction?
In addition to structural resistance, local security plays an important role. “With a steel cover, a silo is completely enclosed. We equip them with a lockable access gate, so the silo can literally be locked. Compared to a tented cover, it’s a significant improvement in yard security.”

© Hendic

Does this mean the end of the popular PVC covers?
According to Van der Elst, steel roofs do not mean the end of PVC-based systems. “The various systems we offer, from simple tension roofs to floating roofs and domes, have proven their worth and remain highly functional in most situations. However, for producers dealing with strict building regulations or extreme weather conditions, steel roofs offer the greatest added value today.”

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Florida Lawmakers Pass Bill To Provide Discounted Medical Marijuana Cards For Military Veterans

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The Florida House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed a bill to reduce the fee for military veterans to obtain medical marijuana registry identification cards.

The measure passed by Reps. Susan Valdés (R) and Michelle Salzman (R) unanimously on Wednesday in a 113-0 vote. The proposal comes after clearing three House panels and separate Senate legislation to reduce the cost of cannabis for veterans is also moving forward.

If enacted into law, HB 887 would require honorably discharged veterans to pay $15 to obtain a medical cannabis card, down from the current $75 rate for most eligible patients.

The $15 charge will also apply to replacement cards as well as annual renewals.

To receive the reduced fee, veterans must provide the state Department of Health (DOH) with a copy of the discharge form, a US Veterans Affairs (VA) identification card, or a Florida driver’s license with a “veteran designation.”

The law will come into effect on July 1 of this year.

“Medical cannabis has shown promise in relieving symptoms commonly experienced by military veterans, such as managing chronic pain, mitigating the effects of PTSD, improving sleep and reducing opioid addiction,” Valdés said on the House floor. “This bill greatly reduces veterans’ financial barriers to accessing medical marijuana, their health solution of choice.”

“Reducing the cost of access is not only a symbolic gesture to the veterans who serve us, it directly removes the often very high cost barrier that prevents already underserved veterans from participating in this program, and this is one way to show our veterans how grateful we are by turning that slate green,” he said. he saidas before notify By Florida Politics.

According to A invoice study, the reform “would have an unspecified negative fiscal impact on the DOH.” While there are currently 931,000 registered medical marijuana patients in Florida, “the number of veterans with an active medical marijuana use registry identification card is unknown” and thus “the amount of revenue reduction is unknown.”

That said, the analysis says the policy change “would have a positive fiscal impact on veterans who will see a $60 reduction in the cost of ID cards under the bill.”

Earlier this month, the Senate Health Policy Committee advanced a bill by Sen. Alexis Calatayud that would reduce medical cannabis registration fees for veterans to $15 and implement other reforms to expand access to medical marijuana.

Under that amended proposal, a physician would recommend a 70-day supply limit for cannabis, or a 35-day supply limit for marijuana smoking products for 10 supply limits. Under current law, they can recommend up to three 70-day supply limits for non-smoking cannabis and six 35-day supply limits for smoking marijuana.

The SB 1032 bill would also require doctors to evaluate patients to qualify for medical marijuana every 52 weeks, rather than the legal requirement of evaluations every 30 weeks.

Here’s an overview of some of the pending Florida marijuana bills:

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Meanwhile, a Florida campaign seeking to put marijuana legalization on the ballot faces complications as the status of the 2026 signature drive remains in dispute. Lawyers are now asking the state Supreme Court to overturn the officials’ decision to quash the tens of thousands of applications submitted.

A new survey released this week shows that a A majority of Florida voters support the legalization of cannabis.

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Cannabis products recalled due to “unreliable” tests

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New York State’s Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) has recalled several cannabis products after finding that reported results from a testing laboratory were “unreliable.”

OCM says it has found a total of 54 product lots that tested false positive for Aspergillus, the mold that causes disease. According to OCM, another batch of product had incorrect results for the heavy metal cadmium.

“When test results are inaccurate or unclear, product safety and, in turn, the safety of New York State consumers cannot be guaranteed,” said OCM Executive Deputy Director of Licensing, Enforcement and Laboratories Stephen Geskey. “It’s not a risk OCM is willing to take.”

This information comes from an audit of inspections and records conducted by Keystone State Testing New York between December 2025 and January 2026. According to OCM, there have been no reports of the effects of consuming any of the products.

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