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Hemp producers want a buffer between outdoor marijuana fields.
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Outdoor cannabis regs leave hemp producers out of luck

Hemp producers hoping to buffer their crops from outdoor cannabis were left out in the cold when final cannabis regulations were unveiled earlier this month

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Hemp growers say they are not impressed by the lack of buffer zones in regulations that would govern outdoor cannabis production. Health Canada has confirmed that licences will allow cannabis to be cultivated and harvested outside after legalization Oct. 17, although, “all other activities with respect to cannabis must take place indoors, such as trimming,
Hemp growers hope cannabis legalization will remove some legal roadblocks they’ve been facing.
Crops, News

Hemp growers will be able to harvest more material

Hemp growers want in on the nutraceutical market, but until now 
regulations have limited them to harvesting hemp grain and fibre. 
That might be about to change when cannabis becomes legal

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Farmers may soon be able to harvest the whole hemp plant, including the leaves and flowers they are currently required to throw away. Health Canada has just completed consultations on the federal government’s proposed framework for legal cannabis, a document that includes regulations that are, “risk based and that allows cultivators of industrial hemp to
(Video screengrab from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada via YouTube)
Crops

Plant protein supercluster makes cut for federal funding

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At the table with artificial intelligence, big data, advanced manufacturing and ocean-based energy, Prairie pulse, oilseed and cereal crops are in for a share of federal support to spur innovation in Canada. Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains on Thursday announced Protein Industries Canada (PIC) as one of five “superclusters” which will receive
Editorial, Opinion

Editorial: Green tape

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Hipsters and hippies across the country are set to celebrate cannabis legalization this coming Canada Day. The Trudeau government is on track for legalizing this recreational drug by that date, one of the highest-profile promises made during the last election campaign. That’s likely a good thing. While any recreational drug, alcohol included, is a problem
Canadian hemp markets could be side-swiped by U.S.
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Canadian hemp markets could be side-swiped by U.S.

Overly enthusiastic U.S. producers could potentially swamp 
the market if the crop is fully legalized

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Future hemp markets are uncertain as Canadian buyers wait to see if hemp production is legalized in the United States, according to one industry professional. “There still is a lot of excitement (in the U.S.) about hemp as being something new… that grassroots excitement is one that we’re watching closely to make sure it doesn’t
Vurayayi Pugeni, who works with the Mennonite Central Committee out of Winnipeg and Score Against Poverty, a Zimbabwean NGO, says a project designed by the University of Manitoba’s Martin Entz and his colleagues has brought food security to his Zimbabwean village through innovations such as intercropping 
with legumes.
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Manitoba project aids Zimbabwean food security

Hemp Genetics International thinks Canadian and Zimbabwean farmers can learn from each other

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If you had four children, but only enough food to feed one, how would you choose? It’s a choice Vurayayi Pugeni’s mother had to make when he was growing up in Zimbabwe. Fortunately it’s not one mothers today in Pugeni’s village have to make because they enjoy food security, thanks in part to a research
A hemp plant in Alberta. (Jennifer Blair photo)
Crops

Post-secondary cannabis credentials on offer

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Degree and diploma aggies interested in producing commercial cannabis and/or hemp will be able to get college-certified starting next year. Niagara College announced Tuesday it will launch a graduate certificate program in commercial cannabis production in 2018, a program it bills as Canada’s “first post-secondary credential” in the crop’s production. Niagara picked up approval this
Rod Fisher stands in a hemp field near Dauphin.
Crops, News

Regulations force hemp producers to destroy valuable nutraceuticals

Health Canada will consult with hemp industry in lead-up to cannabis legalization

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Rod Fisher is an old hand at what is still a relatively new Canadian crop — hemp. When production was legalized in 1998, Fisher and his two brothers obtained a Health Canada licence and dipped their toes into the water with a few dozen acres. Today, they plant between 1,500 and 1,600 acres each year.
Jeff Kostuik, of Hemp Genetics International, suggested tour attendees take a very close look at Wayne Williment’s organic hemp field near Miami, Man. Although the plant population is thin due to excessive rain soon after emergence, the weeds are under control thanks in part to inter-row cultivation earlier in the growing season.
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Researchers investigating boosting organic hemp yields

Nutrient management is important for getting better and more consistent yields

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There were a lot of guesses why one plot of organic hemp looked so poor compared to another a few metres away. Competition from weeds? Soil compaction? Variety? Finally someone correctly guessed seeding date. But there was a surprise. The thriving plot was planted later than the poor one — much later — which is

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