Growing hemp

[Ache4Acres]

Ok I'll bite Cotton. Where do we find more about the hemp market? From what I read in Manitoba there was much less hemp grown this year. The market has been saturated.

What is the current price? Can farmers move the hemp grain they have?

Tell us about the vacuum.

[cottonpicken]

i don't know about growing the stuff

the vacuum is the united states and the health nuts,this isn't going to work long term,organic will

you know anything about fish food,i don't know much but jesus this looks good

maybe europe can fill the vacuum i don't know

and maybe i'm completely wrong and you can call me an idiot in six months

but i had the stones to make a forecast

[biglentil]

Not a very big market. Hemp nuts are added to cereals a spoonful at a time. Hemp oil has a low flash point so no cooking use, only salad dressings n such. From what I understand virtually all production is contracted and even then movement can be an issue. Then there are the combining issues, wrapping in feeder house chains etc. Heard some real horror stories, conventional combines a must??? Like combining rope if it gets dry, has to be combined green and dried down. Seed is pricey and yield can be hit or miss. Lots have tried most have quit.

I occasionally throw some dehulled hemp nuts on my cereal and occasionally find what looks like a whole viable seed. Makes me feel like rebel but I quickly eat the evidence.

[seabass]

Exactly biglentil. Harvestings a bitch. Can yield 600 to 1000 lbs. At a buck a lb its good money if u don't burn your combine down

[seedsman]

The hemp processors seem to have eaten through most of the old inventory. The major processors are all looking for contract growers now, so production will likely be up to 100,000 acres again. There has never been an oversupply of organic hemp. Prices for conventional hemp did not go down when there was a lot of inventory in bins. There is also a good market for bird feed if the product doesn't meet human food quality specs.

There a many different varieties, and a few different systems of harvesting, so don't assume that the way your neighbor grew it is the only way to grow hemp.

There is a national hemp conference In Saskatoon from Nov 14-17, organized by the Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance. There will be plant breeders, seed companies, growers, grain processors, fibre processors,and government people there, along with a number of people involved with hemp in the US, Europe, and other countries.