Researchers at North Dakota State University (NDSU) are making progress in their efforts to understand both the production of industrial hemp and the applications. Yesterday’s event at the Hettinger Research Station in Hettinger, ND featured lead hemp researchers from NDSU in various disciplines. Yesterday’s commentary noted the university’s cattle research, which the work of Kendall Swanson, who is researching opportunities for finishing cattle with hempseed meal. He is one of a core group of university researchers in the US doing research with various livestock species that we’ve discussed here regularly.
Along with NDSU, Kansas State University (KSU), Colorado State University (CSU), and Oregon State University (OSU) are notable in this segment, feeding hempseed to evaluate animal performance, pharmacokinetics, and subsequent sampling of meat, milk or eggs. OSU’s work is focused on spent biomass and monetizing the plentiful…
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Michigan among growing list of US states incentivizing SAF
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US fat exports hit multi-month high on shipments to Singapore
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Ruminant meat and bonemeal relative to CBOT soybean meal drops
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Ruminant meat and bonemeal relative to soybean meal
Ruminant meat and bonemeal...