WASHINGTON, D.C., February 6, 2020 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the availability of two programs that protect hemp producers’ crops from natural disasters. A pilot hemp insurance program through Multi-Peril Crop Ins...
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We began producing industrial hemp seed in shipping containers 5 years ago, and have continued to develop and hone in on our facilities and our processes each year since. We learned early on that seed production cannot be done outdoors. This no...
Congratulations to the growers who cleaned up at The Hemp University's Golden Grow competition in Southern Oregon, arguably the epicenter of craft sungrown CBD rich hemp. There were plenty of great entries, and we were thrilled to see Singh...
There is no more sacred day of the week for anyone at Oregon CBD than Thursday. This magnificent day isn't pay day, or a day off, but simply pizza day. For the last 5 years all of Oregon CBD's activities come to a grinding halt every Thursday (n...
Check out this sneak preview of a few of the minds in our science department, so much more to come!
Our Suver lead, Chris Egli, has spent years dialing in his seed production prowess and it shows. I'm sure it's tough being constantly surrounded by these resin covered flowers caked with seeds. The terpenes are loud and the trichomes are thick, but i...
This is the largest event focused solely on organic seed in North America, bringing together hundreds of farmers, plant breeders, researchers, certifiers, food companies, seed companies, and others from across the U.S. and around the world. The bienn...
Dr. Hsuan Chen, a research plant breeder at Oregon CBD, reports that one of the big announcements at this year's Plant and Animal Genome (PAG) conference was the successful molecular cloning of a CBDA synthase (the gene responsible for CBDA productio...
The hemp world is constantly evolving, and rapidly. When — or if — it shifts to where Hemptown USA has placed a big bet will be one of the more interesting questions of 2020.The company, incorporated in Canada but with its major operations in Ore...
An insightful look at the future of hemp from our friends at Klersun, with some Oregon CBD crew cameos.
A few of the talented minds from our science squad took a break from the grind to decorate a tree today. Thank you Brendan, Hsuan, Andrea, and Brooke for all that you do to make our trees happier and healthier. Merry Christmas to all!
I guess we should consider it flattering that Oregon CBD crosses the tongues of many mouths. We are proud of our company's reputation for providing farmers stable and trustworthy genetics. That said, we hear a wide variety of rumors that are simply n...
Our genomic sequencing lab director, Aaron Trippe. He is averaging 145x coverage of each cannabis plant genome in our library using Pacific Bioscience's Sequel II next generation single molecule real time sequencer. What does that mean? Every A, T, C...
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