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Engineering Design // Project Management // Consulting Andrew Bishop Principal Engineer (406) 868-8561 andrew@agprocessingsolutions.com www.agprocessingsolutions.com
SLIDE 2 Hemp Farming Practices
- Current Hemp Farming/Harvesting Standards
- 3’ spacing, hand harvest, hand de-bud, hang upside down to dry
- Combine to Harvest?
- Tri-Chomes Lost
- Windrow and Dry in Field?
- Cost Benefit vs. NG Dryer
- Issues with each – Capital Costs, etc…
- Other Options?
- Full Plant Utilization
SLIDE 3 How do we scale Hemp production?
- Our industry standard can’t be to hand harvest, hand de-bud, etc…
- CBD Hemp - how do we change as an industry?
- Needs to be treated as if it’s a commodity to grow on large scale
- Processing is the largest bottle neck if treated as commodity
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Hemp Harvest
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Hemp Processing
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Silage Chopped Material
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Seed Separated
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Biomass Hammer Milled – Minus Seeds
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Biomass Classified – Hurd Fiber & CBD
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Biomass Classified – Bast Fiber, CBD & Tri-Chomes
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Classifier Video
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To Pellet or Not?
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Questions?
Contact Information
Ag Processing Solutions Inc. 625 Central Avenue West, Suite 101, Great Falls, Montana www.agprocessingsolutions.com Andrew Bishop Principal Engineer 406-868-8561 andrew@agprocessingsolutions.com
