Hemp harvest for fiber and oil!!!

JD Seller · Oct 18, 2019

Here they are harvesting Hemp in Europe. Cuts and saves the Tops and lays the stems in windrows to be bales after they dry down some.

Hemp harvest:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AKUCvqppy8
Hemp harvest

JayinNY · Oct 18, 2019

Interesting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Geo-TH,In · Oct 19, 2019

I think the tops contain the seeds and that's where they extract the CBD oil.
I know may who have realized the medical benefits of CBD oil, however legally there is a gray are area.

Majorman · Oct 19, 2019

The seeds are of very high value, I have combined quite a few acres as I was involved with training operators to harvest it. Every crack in the combine augers and grain pan has to be sealed and the feed auger has to be highly polished to get the crop into the combine with minimum loss. When you get a grain tank full it is hard to comprehend how much money you have sitting in it.

It is also extremely dangerous if you are not careful, I saw a truck driver step onto a full trailer load to sheet up and before he knew it he was up to his knees and sinking. It is like trying to walk on water, the seed is oily and very slippery.

paul · Oct 19, 2019

Here they used a canning crop type harvestor. Hauled the cut tops of the plants to a location, had drier tunnels set up, had combines with plywood bins on the front. Ran the material through the stationary combine.

Sure has been an increase in production, wonder if the market can handle it all or oversupply.

A few truckers used the stuff, lost their license.

Paul

4520BW · Oct 19, 2019

Here's some hemp being baled a half mile south of me. Sure smelled good on those hot nights with a south wind!

I seen a field being combined for the seed yesterday. Looked like it's slow going.

jm. · Oct 19, 2019

Someone mentioned grey area , nothing grey here in Tennessee, completely legal but regulated by the state. Last year my county had 4 growers this year 103 permitted growers have over 2100 acres grown. They are primary growing for the cbd and harvest method here is cut the plant hang it for drying and then pull the buds. About 200 man hours in each acre. They are paying $25.00 an hour or more for harvest labor. Shortage of folks to work. Not sure how or when the market thing will bust but ring now the hemp thing is alive and well in Tennessee. Also folks growing it for the fiber , best method they have come up with is running it thru a rotor combine then they take one of the large hay balers and bale the fiber into 4X 8 bales. Not sure what a ton of the fiber brings , but the boys growing for cbd are thinking big money per acre.

blue_tractor_man · Oct 19, 2019

States defying federal law and legalizing hemp and CBD oil is a great example of Nullification. Thomas Jefferson recommended it in the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions. Jefferson called it the "Rightful Remedy".

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_and_Virginia_Resolutions

The US congress has no authority to regulate a product-unless it crosses a state line. Our constitution only authorized about 8 things the General Government could do. Build forts, wage war, regulate interstate commerce, build a navy, and a few more. 95% of what the US government does is unconstitutional, thus null and void.

Fortunately, individuals and states have chosen to put the feds to the test on a few things.

Can the states ban or regulate substances? Absolutely. But not the feds-unless that specific item itself is in interstate commerce. The way we got into this expansive federal leviathon is through the New Deal and the Supreme Court case Wickard vs Filburn.

Filburn was a farmer in Dayton Ohio growing wheat to feed his own animals, not selling any wheat at all.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickard_v._Filburn

Here the Supreme Court ruled that the feds could regulate anything that Affected interstate commerce which was a huge expansion of federal power. 8 of the 9 justices had been appointed by FDR, after he had threatened to enlarge the court to 15.

Anyway, got to go. If you have time check out the The Tenth Amendment Center for more nullification information.

TimWafer · Oct 19, 2019

That type of hemp is not what they would extract CBD from. That is pretty much all hand harvest. There is a type you can combine and get very minimal amounts of CBD from but its pretty much experimental I think at this point. Normally you do not want the plant to produce seed to get CBD.
I grew some for grain this year. My variety was short. The grain is about 10 more times valuable than the fiber. If you harvest for both as they are doing there in one operation , you let the stalk lay in the field, not to dry but to rhet or basically rot until the fiber begins to separate from the hurd or woody part of the stalk. Usually about 3-6 weeks. You can also leave the remaining stalk standing to winter rhet and cut it in the spring. My harvest went well for the grain even though I had a pretty poor crop. The local college doing hemp research and another farmer working with them grew some better looking crops but so far have been having problems harvesting. My old gleaner far outperformed their combine. I let them use my old all-crop 72 to do one field and even that was far better than their combine. They have some that is 8-9 feet tall and are asking me if I want to try it. Im thinking about it but have a feeling that wont go well being that tall. Plus the weather is not cooperating now anyways.

CGID · Oct 19, 2019

CBD is made from the watery juice of the stalks. The finished product is a white powder. For medicinal use, the powder is mixed in a food-grade oil, usually coconut oil. The seeds have a high oil content but that oil is not involved in making CBD oil.

MARK ROBKE · Oct 19, 2019

I am in Kentucky,and we are growing hemp for CBD, just as you explained- lots of hand labor. We are just now getting ready for harvest, as we are waiting for the CBD content/percentage to rise above 10%, which is where it is more feasible to process for CBD. Mark.

1948CaseVAI · Oct 19, 2019

(quoted from post at 07:58:00 10/19/19) States defying federal law and legalizing hemp and CBD oil is a great example of Nullification. Thomas Jefferson recommended it in the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions. Jefferson called it the "Rightful Remedy".

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_and_Virginia_Resolutions

The US congress has no authority to regulate a product-unless it crosses a state line. Our constitution only authorized about 8 things the General Government could do. Build forts, wage war, regulate interstate commerce, build a navy, and a few more. 95% of what the US government does is unconstitutional, thus null and void.

Fortunately, individuals and states have chosen to put the feds to the test on a few things.

Can the states ban or regulate substances? Absolutely. But not the feds-unless that specific item itself is in interstate commerce. The way we got into this expansive federal leviathon is through the New Deal and the Supreme Court case Wickard vs Filburn.

Filburn was a farmer in Dayton Ohio growing wheat to feed his own animals, not selling any wheat at all.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickard_v._Filburn

Here the Supreme Court ruled that the feds could regulate anything that Affected interstate commerce which was a huge expansion of federal power. 8 of the 9 justices had been appointed by FDR, after he had threatened to enlarge the court to 15.

Anyway, got to go. If you have time check out the The Tenth Amendment Center for more nullification information.

You missed the memo - the farm bill this year legalized it up to 0.3% at the federal level. The only glitch is in those states that have failed to keep up.

David G · Oct 19, 2019

How is hemp in starch, as potential ethanol?

jm. · Oct 19, 2019

Mark some of these boys are showing 17.5 on test of random plants. Amazing of the lack of knowledge, some saying the cbd comes from seed or stalk, here they are picking the small buds and processing the oil. Just hope it does not bust because ring now hemp is hot here in Tennessee. State is also checking each field for the thc or bad stuff but so far no one has any over the threshold.

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