Canada remains the most important exporter of hempseed to the US. The upstart hempseed segment in the US has been unable to compete with entrenched Canadian trade flows.
Hempseed is a challenging crop to produce, harvest, handle, and store. US growers have varying experience with hempseed – on a production scale – when crop commodity prices are a solid bet and marketing opportunities abound. Key farmgate buyers are in the Prairie Provinces of Canada, removing much of the marketing risk for Canadian growers.
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