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Monday, January 20, 2020

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"A myth that just won't die," Glen Johnson

Does defoliation really improve a cannabis crop?

"Many cannabis growers are convinced that they can increase their crops by ripping all the leaves off the plant in the flower cycle," Glen Johnson, former lead cultivator with…

CAN (BC): Village Farms opts to receive $5.94M cash refund from Pure Sunfarms

Village Farms has opted to receive a $5.94 million cash refund from Pure Sunfarms, relating to an additional equity contribution that Village Farms made to Pure Sunfarms on…

four Kingsville projects have an estimated value of $73 million

"The cost to build a MMJ greenhouse is like ten times that of a traditional greenhouse"

The four greenhouse construction projects that were realised in 2019 in Kingsville total over 50 acre (20 hectare) in size and according to Kingsville Mayor…

Understanding regulations regarding hemp cannabinoid testing

Industrial hemp (hemp) has recently been legally decoupled from its genetic cousin, marijuana, at the federal level. The legal definition of hemp was spelled out in Section…

IT: Italian hemp company celebrates one year of activity

"As of today, exactly one year has passed since we started setting the ground for our industrial site. It has been a work-intensive year, which gave us a lot of satisfactions,…

US (MI): $20M cannabis hybrid greenhouse set to open in February

A Michigan cannabis company scheduled to open a hybrid greenhouse in February said the $20 million project would change the marijuana industry. Michigan Pure Med already had…

CO: Colombian producer to export compliant CBD isolate to US

PharmaCielo has received TSX Venture Exchange approval of the export from Colombia of medicinal-grade CBD isolate that is compliant with the 2018 Farm Bill to…


Bringing research and market together in new Syngenta demo greenhouse Three weeks ago the new demo greenhouse of Syngenta was filled with plants. The 1.4 hectare greenhouse is now a place where the Syngenta tomato and pepper varieties are growing and can be shown to the customer in the same way as they would do in a normal greenhouse. "Growers are able to adopt everything they see here just as it…