9 September 2016
The Cannabis Reports:
Colorado notched another nationwide first Wednesday involving cannabis when state agriculture officials showed off the first certified domestic hemp seeds.
The Colorado Department of Agriculture has been working for years to produce hemp seeds that consistently produce plants low enough in the chemical THC to qualify as hemp and not its intoxicating cousin, marijuana.
The seed certification “is vital to the long-term growth of the industry,” said Duane Sinning of the department that oversees the state’s 400 or so hemp growers.
“A farmer, he already takes a lot of risk dropping a seed into the ground, whether you’ll have enough water, all that,” Sinning said. “This crop is even riskier.”
Hemp production was authorized by Congress in 2014. But farmers who want to grow it must have state certification to raise the crop. The industry estimates that fewer than 7,000 acres of hemp are being grown nationwide this year.
Seed scarcity is cited as a major roadblock to the use of hemp becoming more widespread. Seed prices can start at $25 a pound and go up to more than a dollar for an individual seed.
If the seeds produce plants above 0.3 percent THC, they must be destroyed, leaving the grower with a total loss.
Full Report At: http://www.thecannabist.co/2016/09/07/colorado-certified-hemp-seeds/62585/
Colorado Dept Of Agriculture – Industrial Hemp Seed Page https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/agplants/industrial-hemp
The page includes the following information
Industrial Hemp Registration Forms:
- Commercial Industrial Hemp Registration Application
- Example of Map for Hemp Registration Application
- Commercial Industrial Hemp Registration Application Checklist
- CSGA CO Hemp Certification Fees 2016
- CDA and CSGA Variety Submission Application
- Citizenship/Immigration Status Verification Form (Required for Sole Proprietorship)
- Google Earth Training Tutorials Please use the Google Earth Training Tutorials to familiarize yourself with the specific tools you may need (to obtain GPS coordinates) to fill out the Commercial Industrial Hemp Registration Application. The most helpful tutorials we found were the Drawing and Measuring and Placemarks and Tours tutorials.
- Research and Development (R&D) Industrial Hemp Registration Application R&D Permits for Universities and Institutions for Higher Learning only, all others use the Commercial Registration.
Industrial Hemp Reports:
- Industrial Hemp Registrants and Reporting Schedule
- Commercial Industrial Hemp Pre-Planting Report
- Hemp Planting Report
- Industrial Hemp Harvest Report
- Hemp Material Declaration
Industrial Hemp Act and Rules
