Ongoing Innovation in Hemp Requires Collaboration

Category: Hemp

Ongoing Innovation in Hemp Requires Collaboration

We are developing an agenda for our February 11 virtual conference, with considerable input from you, our readers.  Without conferences and trade shows, some aspects of the hemp industry have been put on ice, at a time when hemp prices are depressed.  Farm machinery is much easier to sell if you can see it in action, even if it is a video, with a competent narrator to field questions.  Conveying the details to non-farmers, or new farmers can be difficult and time consuming.

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Weekly Hemp Recap

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Leveraging Resources for Industry Development

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