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Yarygin/Getty Images VIRTUAL EVENT: The Industrial Hemp Conference will be held virtually from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Feb. 26. The Feb. 26 event will be held virtually and will feature speakers from across the country. Feb 05, 2021 A keynote talk by a leading U.S. cannabinoid researcher is among the highlights of the third annual Industrial Hemp Conference on Feb. 26. Dr. John McPartland, a Middlebury osteopathic physician and consultant for GW Pharmaceuticals, will describe the challenges he's faced when working with cannabis. His presentation kicks off the conference,...

BURLINGTON, Vt. — A keynote talk by a leading U.S. cannabinoid researcher is among the highlights of the third annual Industrial Hemp Conference, to be held Feb. 26.

         The University of Vermont Extension Northwest Crops and Soils Program and the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets hosted the Third Annual Industrial Hemp Conference (click to view conference brochure), which was held virtually on Friday, February 26, 2021. The 2021 Industrial Hemp Conference proceedings are now available online. You will find the presentation videos for all the live presentations and the on-demand ones, as well as a PDF of the live presentation powerpoint (if available) and resources that were posted on the virtual conference website. The proceedi...

Rachel Schattman and Kate Yerxa of the University of Maine. The awards will support at least 22 UVM faculty and students from 5 colleges/schools and 8 departments. Over 40 local, national, and international collaborators from at least 8 partner institutions will participate, including the University of California-Davis, the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC), the Winooski School District, Bioversity International, and Bahir Dar University. Catalyst Awards are the Gund Institute’s flagship seed grant competition, and have provided over $800,000 in startup funds, supporti...

Delaware Ag Week kicked off on Jan. 11 with a hemp webinar that focused on risk management. This year’s Ag Week event, which is sponsored by the University of Delaware, is being held virtually with sessions running until Jan. 22. Tyler Mark, a University of Kentucky production economist, said that the competition is stiff for hemp growers. For producers of CBD oil, usually the most lucrative crop, pricing is based on quality, taste, dosing accuracy, legal status, contaminants, and presence of THC. Oil production requires extensive monitoring of the crop throughout the growing cycle, and ...