hemp production
Rideout: Hemp producers encounter growing pains, uncertainty – The Gleaner
Andy Rideout, Special to The Gleaner Published 7:00 p.m. CT May 8, 2020 | Updated 12:34 p.m. CT May 9, 2020 CLOSE (Photo: Getty Images) It’s time for the majority of hemp producers to start planting their 2020 crop, but many of them are doing so with much uncertainty for what the coming growing season …
Illinois reports first-year hemp production totals | Business – Bloomington Pantagraph
SPRINGFIELD — Illinois farmers produced 2.3 million pounds of industrial hemp in the first year of legal cultivation in decades, state officials said. The Illinois Department of Agriculture began issuing hemp-production permits last spring after production was legalized. Of 651 licenses granted, 514 planted at least one acre. Nearly three-quarters of the acreage planted was …
State reports first-year hemp production totals – Modesto Bee
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Missourians are enthusiastic about hemp production – brownfieldagnews.com
News Missourians are enthusiastic about hemp production February 27, 2020 By Ken Anderson Filed Under: Hemp, News Brian Kurz of Harrisonville, Missouri sees a bright future for hemp production. The excitement over hemp production may have subsided a bit in recent months, hurt by news about a large processor declaring bankruptcy and reports of crops …
Speakers tell of economic benefits of hemp production in Nebraska – Grand Island Independent
Hemp, as a food, fiber and oil crop, has a huge potential of bringing a positive economic benefit to Nebraska’s agricultural industry, according to two speakers who spoke Monday at the Nebraska Independent Crop Consultant Association’s meeting in Grand Island. Speaking on Monday were Bill Achord of Lincoln, who is president of the Nebraska Hemp …
Vermont’s Agricultural Agency to Use Blockchain Technology to Track Hemp Production – BTCMANAGER
Vermont’s agricultural regulatory body, the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets (VAAFM) recently inked a deal with a local blockchain-based cannabis company, Trace, to use blockchain technology to track all stages of hemp production. The collaboration will ensure transparency in the cannabis sector. Tracing Cannabis With Blockchain Technology According to an official announcement on …
Hemp Production Meetings Scheduled Throughout Alabama – – Southeast AgNet
(ACES) — As industrial hemp producers enter their second production year in Alabama, the Alabama Cooperative Extension System is offering informational meetings for interested growers. Alabama Extension’s hemp action team has spent the past year researching and assembling best management practices for new growers in Alabama. Specialists and regional agents will provide informational meetings throughout the state …
Hemp producers’ conference brings professionals to Binghamton – WBNG-TV
BINGHAMTON (WBNG) — Farmers, business leaders, public officials and others gathered in Binghamton Wednesday to get a feel for what it takes to be a hemp producer. The fast-growing industry attracted many companies to the Southern Tier and many of them met for a hemp producers’ conference at Cornell Cooperative Extension. Experts say hemp is …
Farm Bureau to create hemp production advisory committee – Sussex Countian
Farmers can join the advisory group by calling the Delaware Farm Bureau Farmers are organizing a game plan as hemp becomes the newest commodity crop to enter Delaware’s top industry. Approval from the United Stated Department of Agriculture for the new Delaware Domestic Hemp Production Program was announced Tuesday, Jan. 28 by the state’s Department …
A growing industry: Carmel’s Agrozen helps local farmers navigate hemp production – Current in Carmel
Two years ago, a father and son had a business plan in hand, waiting for CBD products to become legal. Following General Assembly approval in February 2018, the wait ended, and Brian Schroeder and his son, Austin, hit the ground running. They launched Agrozen Life Sciences, a hemp research and development company that calls central …