College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University hosted a hemp conference for more than 250 attendees on Feb. 11, 2020.
Topics included best practices for production, marketing and economics, licensing, the latest research, post-harvest processing, and federal and state regulations. In addition to N.C. A&T researchers, experts from the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, NC State University and the hemp industry were among the presenters.
- Industrial Hemp in North Carolina – Paul Adams, NCDA&CS
- Hemp contracts and tips for floral hemp – Sanjun Gu, Ph.D., N.C. A&T
- Hemp: Harvest and post-harvest considerations – John Ivey, N.C. A&T
- Federal/state regulatory updates – Jonathan Lanier, NCDA&CS
- Hemp marketing, budgeting and economics – Joshua Mays, Pyxus Agriculture USA
- Floral hemp fertility and plant nutrition – Michelle McGinnis, Ph.D., NCDA&CS and NCSU
- Cannabis analysis, extraction and purification – Matthew Todd, N.C. A&T
- Industrial Hemp 101 – Guochen Yang, Ph.D., N.C. A&T
