Sugarmade Inc. (SGMD) Among Hemp-Related Businesses Likely to Benefit if Congress Approves Cannabis Banking Legislation
Sugarmade is focusing its hydroponic agricultural supplies operation on the emerging hemp industry Passage of the 2018 Farm Bill opened the gates to a new wave of hemp farming that portends a possible boom market The hemp industry has suffered from the same banking antipathy afflicting state-legal marijuana businesses because of federal regulation of cannabis’ drug uses Congress has begun considering legislation that would potentially bar federal agencies from penalizing financial institutions that serve cannabis-related businesses Congressional legislation that aims to open banking institutions’ doors to the cannabis industry would not only benefit state-legal marijuana businesses, but also agricultural businesses…