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Featuring Geoff Whaling, President & CEO of AgricNext and CEO of GWW LLC and Chairman of the National Hemp Association and President of the PA Hemp Industry Council and Alyssa Collins, Ph.D., Director of the Southeast Agricultural Research & Extension Center and Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology for Penn State University
Whaling and Collins will speak on the future of the industrial hemp crop and what it could contribute to the PA agricultural landscape. Following the presentation, you will have an opportunity to view Penn State’s industrial hemp plot trials and learn more, on-site, about the crop.
This forum will be on a working farm, so please wear appropriate footwear. Breakfast will be available.
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Location Information:Penn State Southeast Ag Research and Extension Center1446 Auction Road Manheim, PA 17545 Directions to this event.
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"LANDISVILLE, Pa. — Not even the din of rain on the pole-barn roof could break the audience’s rapt attention Tuesday night at Penn State’s Landisville research farm.
It was a full house for the field day, and everyone was there to learn more about hemp.
Their curiosity is understandable.
Hemp, a mainstay crop in colonial America, has been illegal to grow in the United States since 1937, but the 2014 Farm Bill opened a loophole for research.
This year’s Farm Bill may well lift that ban, and Pennsylvania farmers, marketers and manufacturers aim to be ready if that happens.
This is Penn State’s second year of hemp research. The first was at its research farm outside State College.
Geoff Whaling, chairman of the National Hemp Association, is originally from Canada and worked for the prime minister when that country began growing hemp 27 years ago.
Hemp is still a relatively small crop in Canada, but it occupies 110,000 acres, which Whaling said has an economic impact of $2.5 billion and supports 2,400 jobs.
Most of that hemp seed is sold into the United States.
“As an American citizen today, it is my job to make sure that those jobs come here, and that it will be Pennsylvania farmers selling that seed into the marketplace,” Whaling said."
www.lancasterfarming.com/news/main_edition/hemp-event-offers-peek-at-on-the-verge-crop/article_42...
Hemp Event Offers Peek at On-the-Verge Crop
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To give the local ag community more information about industrial hemp, Penn State University held a field day at their Landisville Research Farm where hemp growing trials are currently underway.
Yesterday we attended Penn State's Hemp Field Day in Rapho Township in Lancaster County, Pa. The field is just a short distance from the borders of East and West Hempfield townships. Very thrilled to see the return of hemp to Lancaster County.
The Penn State research station is growing a short seed variety, which is believed to be easier to harvest than the taller varieties while still providing a significant yield.
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