Hemp Growers Need to Consider Postharvest Plans
Friday Dec 11th, 2020
News Reporter Here with your Southeast Regional Ag Report, I’m Tim Hammerich.
There are always going to be challenges when learning to grow any new crop. Hemp is definitely no exception. But the biggest challenges, according to Lake County grower and processor Jammie Treadwell, may be after the crop is harvested.
Treadwell… “It is a harder crop than people think to grow. But in my experience, most of the farmers, they are used to dealing with weather - they are used to dealing with pests. If you re a farmer in Florida, you know how deal with those things. I would say the thing that farmers really have to think about is: what is my plan postharvest? How am I going to harvest this? Where am I going to store it? How am I going to stabilize it? And then who am I selling it to, and what are their expectations?”