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<blockquote data-quote="Coximus" data-source="post: 5794494" data-attributes="member: 12800"><p>True - it is worrying that the person acting as an intermediary between the money and the farming does not already know the farming industry, so at best their will be two levels of intermediate management taking a skim.</p><p></p><p>Ive done some research as it appears a few people round here have grown hemp over the years.... and their used to be a flax and hemp mill down the road - the retting ponds location are near my office (day job as farm manager on another farm). (The mill shut in 1920....)</p><p></p><p>Hemp was tried alot about 6-8 years ago and without fail harvesting in sept and oct meant product totally rejected by processors, conditions meant it was simply not possible to harvest a clean crop. THe other issue is supply - no farmer wants to put eggs in one basket so it was done as a consortium - lots of 20-30 acre blocks spread on different farms, which makes sense. Feedback was good root system like flax/linseed but it raped the soil for PK - pig to harvest and if even slightly damp the fiber wraps around every moving part.</p><p></p><p>Plus side is if cut short in a forage as quite alot did in the end it makes an excellent bedding which is slightly abrasive and kept cattle clean. Cant see it working and certainly cant see you securing 100 acre blocks easily given the land ownership structure in britain is mostly smaller blocks - I myself farm a 130 block made up for 20 of mine, and 3 other landlords all with different wants and needs, creating a single block.... getting them round the table is impossible!</p><p></p><p>To be frank, not a business for the UK IMO</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Coximus, post: 5794494, member: 12800"] True - it is worrying that the person acting as an intermediary between the money and the farming does not already know the farming industry, so at best their will be two levels of intermediate management taking a skim. Ive done some research as it appears a few people round here have grown hemp over the years.... and their used to be a flax and hemp mill down the road - the retting ponds location are near my office (day job as farm manager on another farm). (The mill shut in 1920....) Hemp was tried alot about 6-8 years ago and without fail harvesting in sept and oct meant product totally rejected by processors, conditions meant it was simply not possible to harvest a clean crop. THe other issue is supply - no farmer wants to put eggs in one basket so it was done as a consortium - lots of 20-30 acre blocks spread on different farms, which makes sense. Feedback was good root system like flax/linseed but it raped the soil for PK - pig to harvest and if even slightly damp the fiber wraps around every moving part. Plus side is if cut short in a forage as quite alot did in the end it makes an excellent bedding which is slightly abrasive and kept cattle clean. Cant see it working and certainly cant see you securing 100 acre blocks easily given the land ownership structure in britain is mostly smaller blocks - I myself farm a 130 block made up for 20 of mine, and 3 other landlords all with different wants and needs, creating a single block.... getting them round the table is impossible! To be frank, not a business for the UK IMO [/QUOTE]
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