Is Hemp the key to a sustainable future?
Hemp is one of the most versatile and sustainable plants on the planet—and with Mirreco's new harvesting machine, its many uses could go mainstream.
Energy & Green Tech
Apr 11, 2019
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Is it hemp or marijuana? New scanner gives instant answer
Hemp is technically legal in Texas, but proving that hemp is not marijuana can be a hurdle, requiring testing in a licensed laboratory. So, when a truck carrying thousands of pounds of hemp was recently detained by law enforcement ...
Analytical Chemistry
Feb 10, 2020
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Hemp hampered no more with research showing potential as cash crop
After decades of being relegated and regulated, research on industrial hemp as a valuable crop is far behind. That's because the United States banned the use of hemp in the 1930s. The result was all research about this crop ...
Agriculture
Feb 8, 2022
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Hemp testing lab launched in response to industry need
In response to a rapidly expanding commercial hemp industry driven by interest in products with CBD oil, the University of Connecticut recently opened a laboratory where the plant can be tested for a variety of compounds.
Analytical Chemistry
Oct 21, 2019
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How climate change may reshape pine plantations
Climate change is going to change a lot of things, which might include how we manage the pine plantations that are found across much of the southern landscape – and which play an important role in the wood and paper industry.
Environment
Aug 27, 2020
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Healthful hemp poised to grow in US
The U.S. hemp industry has suffered from an association problem. Antidrug officials say distinguishing the plant from its psychoactive cousin, marijuana, is too difficult, so growing it has largely been banned. But the tide ...
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