Location: Forage Seed and Cereal Research Unit
Project Number: 2072-21500-002-000-D
Project Type: In-House Appropriated
Start Date: Apr 24, 2025
End Date: Dec 31, 2025
Objective:
Objective 1. Assemble and integrate current hemp related data and collect new data in collaboration with University partners to establish and improve hemp production modeling efforts.
Objective 2. Develop modeling techniques that incorporate existing and newly
generated hemp agronomic information into decision support tools to help farmers
integrate hemp production into existing farm systems.
Approach:
Industrial hemp is a potentially useful crop for production within the U.S. Various properties and uses for hemp are being explored, some focused on the unique properties of the plant itself (fiber production, protein content as livestock feed), and some focused on the properties of cannabidiol (CBD) for a variety of uses. The goal of this research will be to use existing agronomic information and generate new information, then use modeling techniques to incorporate that information into decision support tools to help farmers integrate hemp production into existing farm systems.