Value the Seed: How Certified Seed Can Unburdon Farmers and Regulators

Lancaster Farming Industrial Hemp Podcast

This week on the Hemp Podcast, Lancaster Farming talks to Wendy Mosher, president and CEO of New West Genetics, a Colorado-based hemp seed company focused on genomics, seed breeding and agribusiness.

Mosher discusses an initiative the company is working on with several other stakeholders, including International Hemp and King’s AgriSeeds, called “Value the Seed” that promotes certified seed as a way to unburden farmers and assure regulators of compliance.

This policy reform initiative is centered around the fiber and grain sectors of the hemp industry, and Mosher is hopeful it will be adopted in the 2023 Farm Bill.

If the initiative is successful, American hemp farmers who plant certified seed that meets standards set by the Association of Official Seed Certifying Agencies will be exempt from burdensome regulations, excessive fees and THC testing.

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https://newwestgenetics.com/

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News Nuggets

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https://www.agupdate.com/farmandranchguide/news/crop/homeland-hempcrete-plans-to-buy-north-dakota-hemp-fiber/article_14f328f4-e84a-11ec-900f-4fe26113ab3a.html

Hemp farmer builds own house out of hemp fiber

https://www.agupdate.com/theprairiestar/news/state-and-regional/hemp-farmer-builds-own-house-out-of-hemp-fiber/article_d347777e-e836-11ec-96e6-8b2cc87d6cd6.html

Unregulated hemp derivative delta-8 thrives in Pa.’s thorny marijuana landscape

https://www.wesa.fm/economy-business/2022-06-19/delta-8-pennsylvania-law

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https://katu.com/news/nation-world/scientists-predict-future-ketchup-shortage-as-climate-change-damages-crops-tomatoes-farmers-farming-agriculture-harvest-nature-food-weather-science-study-condiments-italy-denmark-united-states-china-world-supply-paste-sauce-woolf-farms-2050-prediction

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