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OSU Hemp Newsletter Vol:1 Issue: 1 2021

The first issue of the 2021 OSU Hemp Newsletter. In this issue, we discuss how hemp producers can create corn earworm monitoring kits; reminders on careful watering of transplanted hemp; and provided recent OSU news and updates on hemp.

Govinda Shrestha, Gordon Jones | Jul 2021 | Newsletter

Recordings of the Southern Oregon Hemp Growers Forum

During the growing season, the Southern Oregon Research & Extension Center has been facilitating a series of meetings called the Southern Oregon Hemp Growers Forum with the intent to provide timely and accurate information to ...

Gordon Jones, Govinda Shrestha | Jul 2021 | Article

Most Oregon Hemp Fields Passed the Preharvest THC Test in 2020

As of early December 2020, 93% of Oregon hemp fields (harvest lots) which had undergone a preharvest THC test, had a total THC percentage less than 0.349 and thus passed that test. One concern from past seasons was the ...

Gordon Jones | Dec 2020 | Article

Oregon State University to host first national symposium on hemp

Oregon State University’s Global Hemp Innovation Center and the Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, a major program unit of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, will host the first-ever National Hemp Symposium on Feb. 9 and 10.

Dec 1, 2020 | News story

Virtual Extension for the New, Hot Crop: the Southern Oregon Hemp Growers Forum - video

Southern Region Keynote Talks 2020

Gordon Jones | Nov 2020 | Video

Hot Crop: the Southern Oregon Hemp Growers Forum

With hemp rocketing to the #1 crop by acreage in Jackson and Josephine counties in 2019, it was clear that OSU Extension needed to provide targeted outreach to hemp growers in our region.

Gordon Jones | Nov 2020 | Online resource

Map of Registered Outdoor Hemp Acreage - November 2020

Oregon Department of Agriculture has updated their information on the number of acres of hemp registered in Oregon for the 2020 season. By November 2, 2020, there were 27,434 acres of outdoor hemp registered. It should be ...

Gordon Jones | Nov 2020 | Article

Hemp Insect Factsheets by Colorado State University

This websites provides factsheets and other resources related to insect pests of hemp. Note that this information has not been validated for Oregon conditions.

Jul 2020 | Online resource

Oregon Department of Agriculture Hemp Website

This is the link for the main page of the Oregon Department of Agriculture's Hemp Program website. You can browse to information for hemp growers and handlers on the left-hand menu.

Jul 2020 | Online resource

OSU Extension offers mental health webinar for ag producers

Workers in many industries experience stress, but those in agriculture face especially challenging circumstances that can spiral into depression.

Jim Sloan | Apr 22, 2020 | News story