Western wildfires continue to threaten parts of California and Oregon, but also other areas of the Intermountain West, including Colorado. The situation is fluid enough in Oregon and California that a thorough assessment isn’t possible yet. Over one million acres have burned in Oregon alone, where over half a million people at least were forced to pick up and leave their homes and farms and flee for safety. The fires could impact long-term hemp prices, particularly smokable flower pricing, but it isn’t yet clear what the effects will be on the crops that survive.
Oregon State University (OSU), vis-à-vis their
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