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Excited About 2023!
This has been an amazing year of growth for NHGC. One of the "opportunities" afforded to us as a national cooperative is balancing the need for solid science and agronomic practices with the development of market places where our grower-members can sell their crops...
Hemp for Energy – Our Executive Summary
The hard work of our Chief Agronomist Dr. David Cornett, coupled with that of our engineering team headed by Eberhard Lucke from Lucke Consulting Technology Services, has paid off in the first of several steps to a definitive white paper on hemp for energy. Today we...
Pelletize Me
The potential for hemp for energy pellets continues to get better every day. News of Russia's continued cutback of gas being sent to Germany means there will be more and more scrambles for sources of energy. While dealing with a bully like Russia is unforturnate for...
We’re Bullish on Beau
Beau Whitney - the guru behind Whitney Economics - recently recorded an episode of our podcast (which will be released soon). We couldn't have been more excited to learn the things Beau shared with us on expected increases in hemp acreage be planted. Even more...
Three Cheers for the National USDA Hemp Team
Do you know the saying "like drinking water from a fire hydrant"? It is the phrase we sometimes use when we have so much information coming our way that we can barely get a sip yet we perservere. Standing up a national hemp program at USDA would be like drinking...
NoCo Gives us Mojo
Several members of our Advisory Board, along with some our leadership team, attended the 8th NoCo Hemp Expo in Denver last week. By all accounts this was the best NoCo to date because the breakout sessions and the vendors at the Trade Show were hyper-focused on the...
Circular SynTech, Renewable Natural Gas and Industrial Hemp
We are excited to be on the front end of bringing industrial hemp into the renewable energy sector. Our agreement with Circular SynTech to provide renewable natural gas to their New Madrid, Missouri facility is a win-win-win for our growers, for the economy and the...
NHGC as an ESG Conduit
Even though the article is almost a year old, we like re-reading the Forbes article by our friend Bob Hoban about hemp and ESG, it's a terrific reminder how how industrial hemp can make a big difference in helping companies meet their ESG goals. We are about to...
NHGC Signs Historic MOUs with Major Finance and Insurance Companies for Financial and Insurance Services for Its Member Farmers
The joint announcement establishes historic partnership between the three groups to specifically provide financial and insurance services to the members of the National Hemp Growers Cooperative; agreement designed to bring certainty and sound business practices to the...
Carbon Capture and Industrial Hemp
Insight from one of our Founding Members Roger Ford: The latest research from Cambridge University says that hemp is twice as effective as trees in capturing atmospheric carbon, meaning the potential market for hemp as a crop that not only can produce sustainable...