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The Arizona department of Agriculture started an industrial hemp program in 2019. In 2019 there were 5430 acres of hemp growing in Arizona, but by 2021 there were only 156 acres of hemp being cultivated.<Ref>Stats AK, Sweat KG, Masson RN, Conrow KD, Frazier AE, Leung MCK. The Desert Whale: the boom and bust of hemp in Arizona. J Cannabis Res. 2023 Jun 9;5(1):19. doi: 10.1186/s42238-023-00187-8. PMID: 37291630; PMCID: PMC10251686.</Ref> Yuma county is the largest producer of Hemp in Arizona and accounts for 30 percent of agricultural revenue of Arizona. Yuma County also has a program which analyses hemp production in the region and has accumulated data pertaining to the collapse of the industry. The information will be valuable for future hemp cultivation endeavors in the region and other areas around the world with similar climate conditions. | The Arizona department of Agriculture started an industrial hemp program in 2019. In 2019 there were 5430 acres of hemp growing in Arizona, but by 2021 there were only 156 acres of hemp being cultivated.<Ref>Stats AK, Sweat KG, Masson RN, Conrow KD, Frazier AE, Leung MCK. The Desert Whale: the boom and bust of hemp in Arizona. J Cannabis Res. 2023 Jun 9;5(1):19. doi: 10.1186/s42238-023-00187-8. PMID: 37291630; PMCID: PMC10251686.</Ref> Yuma county is the largest producer of Hemp in Arizona and accounts for 30 percent of agricultural revenue of Arizona. Yuma County also has a cooperative extension outreach program which analyses hemp production in the region and has accumulated data pertaining to the collapse of the industry; The program also partners with farmers to provide practical information pertaining to crop production.<Ref>https://extension.arizona.edu/yuma</Ref> The information will be valuable for future hemp cultivation endeavors in the region and other areas around the world with similar climate conditions. | ||
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Some factors contributing to the failure of CBD hemp in Arizona were: poor sources for seeds, inconsistent genetics, diseases, and a lack of knowledge about the hemp life cycle.<Ref>Stats AK, Sweat KG, Masson RN, Conrow KD, Frazier AE, Leung MCK. The Desert Whale: the boom and bust of hemp in Arizona. J Cannabis Res. 2023 Jun 9;5(1):19. doi: 10.1186/s42238-023-00187-8. PMID: 37291630; PMCID: PMC10251686.</Ref> | Some factors contributing to the failure of CBD hemp in Arizona were: poor sources for seeds, inconsistent genetics, diseases, and a lack of knowledge about the hemp life cycle.<Ref>Stats AK, Sweat KG, Masson RN, Conrow KD, Frazier AE, Leung MCK. The Desert Whale: the boom and bust of hemp in Arizona. J Cannabis Res. 2023 Jun 9;5(1):19. doi: 10.1186/s42238-023-00187-8. PMID: 37291630; PMCID: PMC10251686.</Ref> | ||
=== Seeds === | |||
There are currently no hemp seed sources grown in Arizona, so seeds many farmers were acquiring in 2019 were not adapted to the region. In Yuma the seeds were not adapted to the shorter day length and caused the plants to flower too early reducing the size of the plant and biomass availability. Furthermore, because there is a lack of regulation surrounding hemp seeds the quality of seeds were uncertain and farmers were paying high prices for potentially subpar or ill-adapted seeds to the region.<Ref>Stats AK, Sweat KG, Masson RN, Conrow KD, Frazier AE, Leung MCK. The Desert Whale: the boom and bust of hemp in Arizona. J Cannabis Res. 2023 Jun 9;5(1):19. doi: 10.1186/s42238-023-00187-8. PMID: 37291630; PMCID: PMC10251686.</Ref> The failure of location specific seeds illustrates the importance of [[Bioregionalism]] and choosing carefully the types of plants/ seeds to be cultivated in certain areas. | |||
= Sources = | = Sources = | ||
Latest revision as of 21:57, 29 July 2023
Hemp farming
The Arizona department of Agriculture started an industrial hemp program in 2019. In 2019 there were 5430 acres of hemp growing in Arizona, but by 2021 there were only 156 acres of hemp being cultivated.[1] Yuma county is the largest producer of Hemp in Arizona and accounts for 30 percent of agricultural revenue of Arizona. Yuma County also has a cooperative extension outreach program which analyses hemp production in the region and has accumulated data pertaining to the collapse of the industry; The program also partners with farmers to provide practical information pertaining to crop production.[2] The information will be valuable for future hemp cultivation endeavors in the region and other areas around the world with similar climate conditions.
Collapse
Some factors contributing to the failure of CBD hemp in Arizona were: poor sources for seeds, inconsistent genetics, diseases, and a lack of knowledge about the hemp life cycle.[3]
Seeds
There are currently no hemp seed sources grown in Arizona, so seeds many farmers were acquiring in 2019 were not adapted to the region. In Yuma the seeds were not adapted to the shorter day length and caused the plants to flower too early reducing the size of the plant and biomass availability. Furthermore, because there is a lack of regulation surrounding hemp seeds the quality of seeds were uncertain and farmers were paying high prices for potentially subpar or ill-adapted seeds to the region.[4] The failure of location specific seeds illustrates the importance of Bioregionalism and choosing carefully the types of plants/ seeds to be cultivated in certain areas.
Sources
- ↑ Stats AK, Sweat KG, Masson RN, Conrow KD, Frazier AE, Leung MCK. The Desert Whale: the boom and bust of hemp in Arizona. J Cannabis Res. 2023 Jun 9;5(1):19. doi: 10.1186/s42238-023-00187-8. PMID: 37291630; PMCID: PMC10251686.
- ↑ https://extension.arizona.edu/yuma
- ↑ Stats AK, Sweat KG, Masson RN, Conrow KD, Frazier AE, Leung MCK. The Desert Whale: the boom and bust of hemp in Arizona. J Cannabis Res. 2023 Jun 9;5(1):19. doi: 10.1186/s42238-023-00187-8. PMID: 37291630; PMCID: PMC10251686.
- ↑ Stats AK, Sweat KG, Masson RN, Conrow KD, Frazier AE, Leung MCK. The Desert Whale: the boom and bust of hemp in Arizona. J Cannabis Res. 2023 Jun 9;5(1):19. doi: 10.1186/s42238-023-00187-8. PMID: 37291630; PMCID: PMC10251686.