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Excited About 2023!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Carbon Capture and Industrial Hemp

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...