Hemp

[Hopperbin]

Well if you dont know what happenned to it. Perhaps you smoked it.

[seedsman]

Almost 100,000 acres in Canada last year. Most processed by 2 companies in MB. One is going quite well, the other is really behind processing last year's crop. Some more processing capacity is in the works. Acres will be down a bit this year because of one company's backlog. Lots of different varieties , with different heights. Some can be swathed like wheat. Uses more N than canola.

[seedsman]

Basically all the crop is grown for grain. Grain is $0.80 per pound and straw is $0.04 per pound. Good crop grows more pounds of grain than straw per acre.

[Braveheart]

Those are varieties for seed production. The fibre varieties used to grow 6 to 8 feet tall. Specialized equipment from Europe was necessary for harvest. Really tough fibre which caused more than one fire in any equipment not designed for hemp.

[cottonpicken]

Remember an old documentary about the early history of why it was made illegal something about it replacing the logging industry so some suits went to Washington and took care of it.

[jethro456]

We grew some last year. Baled the straw, then burned it. Crop yielded well, but haven't moved a bushel yet. Guess I'm building more bins

[blackpowder]

William Randolph Hearst I believe. Effectively wiped out hemp production, a rather large industry at the time.
He owned most of the newspapers and pulp and all of his editors. Interesting time politically as far as what was accepted compared to today.

[cottonpicken]

I bet this will make everyone laugh their ass off,but before you watch it you HAVE to watch mathew maconahey's lincoln commercial,it should be easy enough to find on you-tube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8aQ04dyRAM

[cottonpicken]

Interesting documentry pops up after the video automatically,you should like it Rk.I haven't seen it.

[Braveheart]

Reefer madness!!!!!