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Through our sister organization, National Hemp Association, we are proud to present our members with this educational webinar series!
We’ve gathered experts to present you the information you need to know to get started in the industry. Topics include:
- CBD Cultivation Best Practices
- Fiber and Grain Cultivation Best Practice
- Selecting Genetics
- How to Read a Certificate of Analysis
- Understanding THC Testing
- CBD Extraction Methods
- Taking Products to Market
- And More!
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"Hemp production and CBD oil are hot topics, but do you know where to start? Join Penn State Extension Horticulture Educator, Krystal Snyder to discuss the basics of Hemp production, permitting, and key points to growing Hemp in Pennsylvania."
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Hemp production and CBD oil are hot topics, but do you know where to start? Join Penn State Extension Horticulture Educator, Krystal Snyder to discuss the basics of Hemp production, permitting, and ke...Krystal is a great source of information
After our President, Geoff Whaling, spent 5 hours in court yesterday, its apparent that certain PA DAs continue to refuse to respect the legalization of hemp!
Please contact your state Senator and Rep and ask them to pass both SB936 and SB335!
Editorial: Fighting Injustice for Hemp in Lehigh County – Pennsylvania Hemp Industry Council
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The 2018 Farm Bill legalized hemp and all parts of the plant, welcoming a new commodity crop to our landscape. It removed hemp from the federal Controlled Substances Act, period. This action was t...Note; this is the same DA Jim Martin who has obstructed passed cannabis decrim ordinances in Allentown and Bethlehem in 2018, threatening police chiefs for attempting to engage the local ordinances. Prohibitionist through and through. Somebody should take away his bourbon
Very sad
I met with our previous DA and his Chief Drug Task Force officer in my shop last Spring (2019) regarding my retailing Hemp Flower along with CBS oil. At that time I was selling bud from Oregon, but currently sell only PA grown. I presented them the opportunity to look at, smell and even touch the bud. I also presented them with a "Notice to Law Enforcement" I provide to every customer, a copy of lab test results, etc. We also discussed how Hemp flower and CBD products were helping those in recovery from addiction. At that time, they discussed with me meeting with law enforcement from the county to "educate" them on Hemp. Sadly that didn't transpire because it was in the middle of an election cycle, and he was aggressively battling an opponent. But, they were all on board with me. Even sadder is he lost the election, and I now have to start from square one with the new DA, and I'm not quite sure how to read him yet. I've been working closely with our State Rep, so I hope that he can convince this DA to get on board, too. I'll add that over 2 years ago, I contacted the (then) 3 seated Commissioners to meet with me. One never answered, one said "it's marijuana, and I don't want it here". The third, and only remaining of those 3 to still be in office, met with me 2 times. She expressed a great interest in bringing Hemp growth and production to the County, but failed to follow through. We now have 2 new County Commissioners on board, who are very "old school". I think every county has its nay sayers. Those in office and residents alike who still feel this is marijuana, and continue to buck it, refusing to be educated. But, I'll continue to push on.
"Growing a new industry isn’t as simple as having an idea. It’s not even as simple as having a product.
An industry is bigger than a business. It’s about suppliers and manufacturers and distributors. Even with enough supply and healthy demand, if any of the cogs in the middle break down, things can go wrong in a hurry.
And welcome to hemp in 2020.
In 2019, it was a different story. Hemp was having a field day. After years of being guilty by association with its stoner cousin, marijuana, hemp was going straight.
The 2018 federal Farm Bill — passed in mid- December — legalized it for the first time in more than 60 years. Pennsylvania pulled its restrictions on how many hemp permits could be issued and how many acres could be planted. That resulted in 324 growing permits and more than 4,000 acres of hemp.
Business was open, and business was booming. Cannabinoids were hot. Signs for CBD were everywhere, and it was showing up in products from candy to lotion and everything in between, and CBD isolate is extracted from hemp.
In May 2019, a kilogram of the extract was selling for $6,000, making it an attractive business to give a try.
And that’s what everybody did. Despite CBD showing up everywhere, hemp was being grown even faster. By January, the price dropped 73%. A New Stanton processor, Commonwealth Alternative Medicinal Options, had agreements with local farmers. It has now closed its doors. A Kentucky processor also has declared bankruptcy.
A new business has a 33% failure rate in the first two years, according to magazine Entrepreneur, so one in three CBD-related businesses could find themselves short-lived. But an industry is harder to quantify — and even harder to seed from scratch the way the state has tried.
It is even harder to grow an industry overnight that has been nonexistent since the Great Depression.
That just doesn’t work. Pennsylvania and the feds both sat on hemp for years, treating it like a dangerous explosive that had to be carefully monitored, then almost simultaneously removed all their locks and chains. The bottom dropping out of the market was as predictable as a Wile E. Coyote cartoon.
Hemp still has applications. It still has uses. But the lucrative CBD market of a year ago isn’t reliable, and hemp fiber doesn’t have the same returns.
What remains to be seen is whether the people who got into a booming business will stick around to build a slower, steadier industry."
triblive.com/opinion/editorial-what-is-the-future-of-hemp-industry/
Editorial: What is the future of hemp industry?
triblive.com
Growing a new industry isn’t as simple as having an idea. It’s not even as simple as having a product. An industry is bigger than a business. It’s about suppliers and manufacturers and distribut...Slow and steady wins the race. Trying to go gangbusters, buying expensive equipment, investing all you have at once is stupid in any business. And, thinking you're far and beyond everyone else, equally as.
and sadly McConnell here in KY was more interested in helping the Russians do a Aluminium factory here instead of doing something creative with the hemp industry
These are the reasons we need to open the hemp market without restrictions so farmers can produce a product meant for their own use such as bedding or feed, then by products can be developed and sold as profit by farms producing too much.
So that is the hemp market 2020????wtf
"Join us for the 1st annual Keystone Hemp Conference as we help you get prepared for the 2020 season! This one-day conference will provide both novice and experienced farmers with an in-depth look at the hemp industry in Pennsylvania and beyond. Industry experts and vendors representing all aspects of the supply chain will be present to help educate, navigate and strategize with you for this coming 2020 season! Our goal is to provide you with the connections to industry resources you will need within the Pennsylvania and Tri-state region to help support the supply chain in our local economies. Presentations by the PA Department of Agriculture, EzClone, All Together Now PA, and more. Do you have questions about the new USDA regulations? We'll cover those and help you effecitvely prepare your planting, harvesting and sales plans now! This industry is rapidly changing and it's vital to develop trustworthy partnerships and strategize together. Buyers will be present to discuss contract grows and assist with existing product sales. LIMITED SEATING AVAILABLE!! To register by phone please contact us at (717) 723-3668 or via email at keystonehempcon@gmail.com"
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Join us for the 1st annual Keystone Hemp Conference as we help you get prepared for the 2020 season! This one-day conference will provide both novice and experienced farmers with an in-depth look at t..."A company that seemed poised to make Westmoreland County a hemp hub has folded, leaving local growers with nowhere to sell their crops.
Commonwealth Alternative Medicinal Options shut down its 45,000-square-foot CBD processing facility near New Stanton as the price of hemp collapsed.
“The bottom line on it is, we saw over a 75% decrease in prices for the finished products,” CAMO Chief Operating Officer Mike Moody said.
CBD isolate — the purified form of hemp extract CBD — sold for about $6,000 a kilogram in May, according to industry marketplace kush.com. In January, the price had plummeted to about $1,600 a kilogram, according to industry monitor Hemp Benchmarks.
“The supply surged ahead of demand much faster, and demand wasn’t growing as much,” Moody said. “We didn’t move fast enough. The market moved faster than us.”
CAMO founder Matthew Mallory did not respond to a request for comment.
The company employed about 25 people at its peak, Moody said.
“It was tough to let those folks go. A lot of blood, sweat and tears went into it,” he said.
CAMO grew hemp and contracted with local farmers to grow more.
“We got a really good crop, and then that collapsed, and we still have crop that hasn’t been sold,” Moody said. He’s still working to sell off the company’s equipment and leftover product."
triblive.com/local/westmoreland/new-stanton-area-hemp-processor-camo-closes-stranding-farmers/
New Stanton area hemp processor CAMO closes, stranding farmers
triblive.com
A company that seemed poised to make Westmoreland County a hemp hub has folded, leaving local growers with nowhere to sell their crops. Commonwealth Alternative Medicinal Options shut down its 45,000-...This is ridiculous! It’s so versatile... how could it drop like that?
Chad Harlacker
I would suggest//recommend your contacting Taylor Groff, Steve Groff, or Paul Blymire at Groff North America [www.groffna.com]: 717.296.2311.
Randy Moore
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