As our supply chain evolves, I wanted to create a central hub where our hemp farmers can find resources for their business cases. Please reach out if you would like to discuss growing in Canada. With so much change every year, having a group of fellow members to talk to is helpful. The Hemp Industries Association created a free searchable map to help farmers, manufacturers and other businesses along North America's hemp fiber and hurd supply chain. Given the challenges associated with storing and shipping large amounts of fibre hemp, farmers interested in growing hemp can use the map to determine if a business in their area could potentially buy the crop. The first-of-its-kind map represents the culmination of months of work by the Hemp Industries Association, the Global Hemp Association, the Midwest Hemp Council and the US Hemp Building Association. Search the North American Hemp Fiber and Hurd Map (thehia.org)

We are stoked to be growing two test plots of Rak and Jurrasic from Verve Seeds. These new 2024 hemp varieties are furthering the innovation our industry needs! We will provide updates over the season to show you their progress. Rak—Bred for the hemp grain farmer, Rak is short-statured, early maturing, and large-seeded, with thousand kernel weights exceeding 20g. It has exceptional tolerance to labelled herbicides for conventional growers but is non-GM and can also be grown organically. Rak has shown exceptional processing characteristics, therefore creating strong demand from processors. Jurassic—Bred for the hemp fiber farmer, Jurassic is tall (up to 14’), comes out strong, and thrives. Flowering initiates in mid-August, and with that comes another growth spurt. Being late to flower and very tall, Jurassic is not a good option for grain or dual-purpose farming. Jurassic has been a top performer in trials across Canada and the US for biomass/ acre, retted fiber/acre, and hurd/acre.