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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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"On this episode of the Industrial Hemp Podcast, we go deep into the specifics of harvesting and drying CBD hemp, from cutting the stalks to the best way to set up a drying room, plus how to keep mold from contaminating the crop.
First we check in with Bucks County, Pennsylvania, hemp farmer Joe Ullman, who shares his experience working with cannabis, from the field to the drying rack.
Then we hear from Landin Butterfield, a hemp farmer from Klamath Falls, Oregon, who shares his insight and experience on harvesting and drying.
With two different perspectives, this episode is chock full of helpful information to guide new hemp farmers through their first harvesting and drying experience with CBD hemp."
www.lancasterfarming.com/community/podcasts_and_audio/how-to-harvest-dry-cbd-hemp/audio_fe652482-...
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"MOUNT JOY, Pa. —A CBD hemp farmer in Lancaster County said dozens of his plants were stolen, damaged or destroyed Thursday night.
"You can absolutely not get high off this plant, any way shape or form, but it looks identical and smells identical and tastes identical to marijuana," Brendan Stehman said.
Stehman thinks that's likely why someone stole nine of the plants from a field off Kraybill Church Road in Mount Joy. He said 17 other plants were destroyed and a dozen more were damaged."
www.wgal.com/article/cbd-hemp-plants-stolen-damaged-at-farm-in-mount-joy-lancaster-county/28724260
Dozens of CBD hemp plants stolen, damaged at farm
Farmer Brendan Kraybill estimated that his loss is about $10,000.I think it is time for our PA Legislature to make theft or destruction of hemp plants a CLASS 2 FELONY. Give our infant industry some appropriate protection.
It might not get you high, but it still has street value. How much does 1/8th CBD hemp flower retail for?
what are other crops -like corn- damage/ theft stats? just curious if they are similiar....
You knew this shit was going to happen, why don't they create jobs by having proper security?
How can less than 40 plants be worth $10,000?
This is heartbreaking. People are idiots and rude.
Legalize pot and this novelty will be over soon.
Put infra red cameras on your crop that’s what we do
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The reporting on this years hemp program is saying that the Pa. Department of Ag has issued "more than 300 permits on nearly 600 acres at more than 800 different growing locations so far this year."
These facts have been picked up and reported in a whole bunch of articles. It's obviously a typo. The more than 300 permits and the 800 different growing sites are correct but obviously the 600 acres are not correct. Pretty sure they meant to write 6,000 acres.
There are close to 2,000 acres being grown in Lancaster and York counties alone and hemp is being grown in 60 out of 67 counties in the state.
Quick - Lets get Hemp fully entrenched before the US Feral government bans it again !
Sorry to have missed you on this trip Josh...seems like not enough hours in the day to spend out here.
Kasie Kerr Patrick McCollian Brewer Farms It’s getting a lot of attention.
"TYRONE — Gov. Tom wolf and farmers spoke over chest-high hemp plants, sharing their hopes for the re-legalized cash crop.
Wolf and the family who owns Cherry Hill Farms foresee hemp becoming key to sustaining farms all over the state and, eventually, new types of manufacturing businesses that use hemp materials.
For a long time, hemp was federally banned because it bears close resemblance to another cannabis plant, marijuana. However, the chemical makeup between the plants is totally different. Hemp lacks the chemical that makes marijuana a psychoactive drug...
Hemp, though, is a crop all can get on board with. It is part of Pennsylvania’s DNA.
Wolf reflected about how the shadow of past hemp-growing times can be seen in numerous towns called “Hempfield” that remain in multiple Pennsylvania counties.
“This was a large part of the economy of Pennsylvania in the early days,” he said.
Hemp was grown for fibers used for rope and clothing in the past. Today, those fibers can be used also for lightweight insulation in cars and for soundproofing cement blocks. But that’s not all. There are many uses for hemp fibers.
“The key is that hemp is an economic opportunity again for Pennsylvania,” Wolf said.
Pennsylvania submitted a state plan to the U.S. Department of Agriculture to take advantage of new opportunities in the federal Farm Bill Industrial Hemp Production program that ended an 80-year growing ban last year.
Now hemp is back in 55 of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties, including Blair, and the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has issued nearly 200 permits on more than 500 different growing locations for 2019.
But the type of hemp grown at Cherry Hill Farms as well as most others right now is not industrial hemp but medicinal hemp. Farmers want to capitalize on the new CBD market.
The CBD oil in medicinal hemp is processed and sold for use in edible and topical remedies touted for a range of health benefits from joint pain to anxiety relief.
Just like the industrial grade hemp, the medicinal grade hemp is not marijuana and does not make people high. CBD products are sold in retail stores.
Commonwealth Alternative Medicinal Options Chief Executive Officer Matthew Mallory, of Westmoreland County processes hemp to make the raw CBD materials that he sells to companies that make finished products.
Mallory was at the farm in Tyrone because he is considering purchasing plants from the farm once they are ready for harvest.
Wolf asked what he can do to encourage more growth in the hemp business."
www.altoonamirror.com/news/local-news/2019/08/wolf-farmers-share-hope-for-crop/
Wolf, farmers share hope for crop | News, Sports, Jobs - Altoona Mirror
TYRONE — Gov. Tom wolf and farmers spoke over chest-high hemp plants, sharing their hopes for the re-legalized cash crop. Wolf and the family who owns CherJohn B Mickle How did I miss these?
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