There’s a growing interest among farmers and a certain degree of demand among consumers for hemp fiber products. What’s needed is the supply chain infrastructure to ensure that plants grown for fiber make their way to the processors interested in developing downstream products.
A podcast with Julie Lerner, Founder & CEO, PanXchange discussing trademark infringement, smokable hemp, and Delta-8-THC.
PanXchange CEO, Julie Lerner, joins us to talk about the claim in a competitor’s lawsuit and what she calls the slowest month ever for the hemp market. Find out what PanXchange is doing to stand its ground in this legal action and why she is advising “don’t plant for cannabinoids” this year.
Hemp and CBD are a double-edged sword. One of the biggest detriments to the hemp industry that could’ve occurred is that hemp became CBD.
Operating under the assumption an average bottle of CBD contains 1,500mg, some industry leaders believe even fewer acres will be needed to meet 2021 production needs.
There was widespread disappointment with a report authored by FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn and published in January titled Use and Safety Profile of Cannabidiol (CBD) Products.
Subsequently, U.S. acreage dedicated to hemp crops in 2020 fell by nearly 60 percent.
Here’s a numbers game for you. Guess how many acres of hemp the entire CBD business world needs to supply its product to America? Are you sitting down? You might want to pour an entire tincture bottle under your tongue to prepare to hear this.
PanXchange, Inc, the market structure solution for physical commodities, today launched the first $50,000 tranche of a fundraising campaign to protect its rights to properly and accurately use the English language.
Excitement is brewing around hemp’s potential as a substitute for various products. As the 2021 planting season draws nearer, COVID-19’s economic impacts are showing varied, complex implications not only on the hemp market, but also on other markets where hemp can be competitive.
Hemp prices have fluctuated dramatically over the past two growing seasons, as hemp farmers know all too well. The biomass market in particular has drifted downward significantly from the heady days of 2019, according to a report by PanXchange, a leading benchmark price provider in the U.S. hemp industry. Although some market observers such as Hemp Benchmarks report that prices have stabilized during the past several months, this is cold comfort for growers who expected to turn a profit from biomass.