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Northcentral Hemp IPM Working Group seeking growers to share their pest management experiencesAre you producing industrial hemp in the northcentral region? Would you be willing to share your experiences in this crop, including managing disease, weeds, and/or insects?...
Free Hemp Disease & Pest Diagnosis
Hello there,I’m a graduate student at Northern Michigan University working with Dr. James DeDecker and others on a study of potential biocontrols for hemp diseases. We are looking for controls of both gray (Botrytis cinerea) and white (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum) molds...
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How Carbon Programs Operate
Carbon credits are rapidly developing in the US, and hemp and other specialty crops are especially suited for the challenge of sequestering carbon in US soils. PanXchange’s carbon program is farmer-friendly and uniquely suited for hemp carbon credits. They aim to...
The Hemp Industries Association
Jody has worked for membership nonprofits for more than 20 years, helping organizations to transform in order to better serve their members and their missions. He is passionate about the potential for hemp to bring value to rural communities, help heal the planet, and...
Scott Colville Crop Insurance
Scott Colville Crop Insurance’s mission is the same today as when Jim Colville started back in 1967: To help farmers sleep better, regardless of what nature throws their way. The Colville family has been insuring crops for small to medium farmers in the Midwest region...
Creating a Reliable Supply Chain of Carbon-Negative Hemp Materials
Heartland Industries is a biotech company that engineers hemp fibers as additives to plastics. Heartland’s hemp additives make plastics stronger, lighter, cheaper, and more sustainable. The Heartland team focuses on creating a reliable supply chain of carbon-negative...
The Results of Varietal Trials
James DeDecker, PhD is the Director of the MSU Upper Peninsula Research and Extension Center in Chatham, Michigan and a Specialist in the MSU Extension Community, Food and Environment Institute. He earned a BS in Environmental Studies and Anthropology from the...
Ways to Brand your Product and Market in the Hemp Industry
Jeff Cole is the founder of the U.S. Hemp Brokerage LLC based in the Boulder area of Colorado. U.S. Hemp Brokerage LLC (USHB) has been established to provide hemp farmers, processors and manufacturers of industrial hemp materials and products with high-quality...
Updates on the policy and regulation | iHemp Hour ft Molly Mott of MDARD
Molly Mott is the industrial hemp program specialist with Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD). She manages the State’s hemp program, which is housed in MDARD’s Pesticide and Plant Pest Management Division, Plant Health section, and ensures...
Producing Quality CBD Products to Customers Worldwide | iHemp Hour ft Jeff Gallagher
After hemp supplements helped turn Jeff Gallagher’s life around, he made it his personal mission to help at least five people a month discover the benefits of hemp. He started MHR Brands in early 2013. Made by Hemp was born shortly after. Since 2013, Made by Hemp has...
Delta 8 Compounds and H.B. 4517
iHemp Michigan recently became aware of a state legislative effort to curb the unregulated availability of hemp-derived products containing Delta 8 compounds. This bill package, led by House Bill 4517, has now received its first hearing May 18 in the House Committee...
Susan Barnhardt of SHEMP™ on the iHemp Hour
SHEMP™ is an innovative mix of nature's cleverest renewables – WOOL and FIBER HEMP resulting in a USA-produced worsted textile yarn with unique performance, appearance, and environmental properties. The story behind the development of The SHEMP™ Yarn Company Inc....
Earth Day 2021
The last time we gathered physically on Earth Day we paid for our Industrial Hemp Growers Licenses for the first time! Less paperwork this year! It was great to see the members who made it out to Mid Michigan Hemp Supply in Midland. Members came from all points in...