Hemp

JL Ray · Sep 23, 2019

Just wondering if anyone out there is growing hemp? Have a neighbor in Mendon Michigan with 100 acres. looks really good to me but I have no idea what it should look like. Been told they are flying in guys from Colorado to see what he has going on since its supposedly a very good stand. Also heard he's looking for places to hang it to dry and does not have near enough space yet.

John S-B · Sep 23, 2019

From what I've seen, you're going to need hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of equipment to harvest it, and that's IF you have a market nearby. Youtube video I saw has a machine that cuts off the tops for feed, puts them in a bin on top, and the stems are cut and windrowed for fiber. After the tops accumulate in the bin on top, they are emptied into a waiting truck or wagon.
That harvester is probably way more expensive that a combine with a big grain or corn head. And you're not going to find any uses equipment like that.
And I don't know that I would want to deal with all the idiots who don't know the difference between industrial hemp and pot who would be coming out to steal plants.

aFORDable · Sep 23, 2019

It has become a major crop here in W. Ky. this year. I am not growing any but the neighbor farm has 1500 acres +/-. Some are having 100 acres +/- and some as little as 10 as an experiment. It's an all new venture this year with a big learning curve.

4520BW · Sep 23, 2019

There is a field,prob 50 acres, just to
the south of me. They cut some of it with
a discmower..no rollers and left it lay
for a week. Yesterday they round baled it
and put on a semi. With this hot southern
wind I can smell it right now. Reminds me
of the last concert I went too!

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