Success StoryHemp Multi-State Effort



Hemp Multi-State Effort

Author: Robert Pearce

Planning Unit: Plant and Soil Sciences

Major Program: Hemp

Outcome: Initial Outcome

I coordinate the National hemp dual purpose cultivar trial.  In 2020, 12 universities participated.  Over time this project will result in a database of cultivar performance across the nation.    






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