{"id":81466,"date":"2025-06-03T09:07:58","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T17:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2025\/06\/03\/unlocking-the-buzz-sbas-hemp-policy-shift\/"},"modified":"2025-06-04T19:46:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T03:46:25","slug":"unlocking-the-buzz-sbas-hemp-policy-shift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2025\/06\/03\/unlocking-the-buzz-sbas-hemp-policy-shift\/","title":{"rendered":"Unlocking the Buzz: SBA\u2019s Hemp Policy Shift!"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<div class=\"hs-featured-image-wrapper\">\n <a href=\"https:\/\/420intel.com\/blog\/unlocking-the-buzz-sbas-hemp-policy-shift\" title=\"\" class=\"hs-featured-image-link\"> <img src=\"\" alt=\"Unlocking the Buzz: SBA&#x2019;s Hemp Policy Shift!\" class=\"hs-featured-image\" style=\"width:auto !important;max-width:50%;float:left;margin:0 15px 15px 0\" \/> <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>In yet another setback for hemp and marijuana-adjacent businesses, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has quietly reintroduced a policy that effectively disqualifies most of them from critical federal loan programs. The updated policy, effective June 1, has far-reaching consequences for small businesses operating in compliance with state law (and for some, in compliance with federal law) \u2013 especially those selling hemp-derived foods, supplements, and cosmetics (collectively, \u201cConsumable Hemp Products\u201d).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ptq-7.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" style=\"min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important\" \/>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nRead More: <a href=\"https:\/\/420intel.com\/blog\/unlocking-the-buzz-sbas-hemp-policy-shift\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unlocking the Buzz: SBA\u2019s Hemp Policy Shift!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In yet another setback for hemp and marijuana-adjacent businesses, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has quietly reintroduced a policy that effectively disqualifies most of them from critical federal loan programs. The updated policy, effective June 1, has far-reaching consequences for small businesses operating in compliance with state law (and<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2025\/06\/03\/unlocking-the-buzz-sbas-hemp-policy-shift\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18775],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81466"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81466"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81467,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81466\/revisions\/81467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}