They’re Betting the Family Farm on Weed February 19, 2023 AggregatedNews Company Stories, Cultivation, New York 0 Comments The Hepworth sisters are famous in the organic food world, but like other farmers, they’re struggling. They hope their new venture will change things. Come summer, the warehouse at Hepworth Farms will be filled with Cherokee Purples, Pink Berkeley Tie-Dyes… Read More→
Buying a Cultivation Site? Don’t Get Burned on a Fire Sale February 15, 2023 Ryan Douglas Cultivation, News & Insights, Uncategorized 0 Comments Industry experts anticipate that 2023 will be a year marked by extensive mergers and acquisitions. Cannabis companies that need to sell their cultivation assets could pose an excellent buying opportunity for competitors looking to expand their cultivation capacity for pennies… Read More→
Navigating Your Options to Achieve Clean Cannabis February 6, 2023 Don Naugler Post Harvest 0 Comments Improving Your Post-Harvest Remediation Strategy is The Best Way to Ensure Product Passes ​​Microbial Testing Dangers of Microbial Growth: Cannabis operations of all sizes risk exposure to biological contaminants, like mold, yeast, aspergillus, E. Coli, Salmonella, and other harmful pathogens.… Read More→
Willow Industries’ Jill Ellsworth Kills Misconceptions about Cannabis Kill-Steps January 26, 2023 Brian MacIver Post Harvest 0 Comments Trying to bring food-grade safety standards to the budding regulated cannabis industry wasn’t easy for Jill Ellsworth, founder and CEO of cannabis kill-step solution provider Willow Industries. As a registered dietician with a master’s degree in food science and nutrition… Read More→
lolo has NorCal Cannabis Co. Feeling Not-So-Low January 23, 2023 Brian MacIver Company Stories, Cultivation, Spotlight 0 Comments NorCal Cannabis Co. might not be a nationally recognized name (yet), but California consumers are definitely buying their products. The company, officially launched in 2015, saw its lolo cannabis brand hit the top spot in units sold and second place… Read More→
Supply Chain Pain: How Growers Can Find Relief, Part Two December 19, 2022 Ryan Douglas Cultivation 0 Comments Strategies for dealing with supply chain uncertainties come in all shapes and sizes. In my first article, How Cultivators Can Relieve Supply Chain Pain, Part One, I shared advice for negotiating discounted pricing and minimizing the risk of shipping delays… Read More→
Supply Chain Pain: How Growers Can Find Relief, Part One December 4, 2022 Ryan Douglas Cultivation 0 Comments Commercial cannabis growers can decrease their susceptibility to supply chain disruptions by making strategic changes to how they operate their cultivation business. These modifications don't need to be drastic, expensive, or risky. In fact, they should be the opposite. By… Read More→
New York Cannabis Farms Have $750 Million of Weed — and Nowhere to Sell It November 18, 2022 AggregatedNews Cultivation, New York 0 Comments Growers in upstate New York are figuring out how to keep a glut of weed fresh as the state stalls on retail licenses. By almost all metrics, New York’s cannabis market rollout should be in the final innings. The state began… Read More→
Taking a Holistic Approach to Your Cultivation Business Can Improve Your Bottom Line November 16, 2022 Ryan Douglas Cultivation 0 Comments Cultivation businesses that don’t take a holistic view of their operation are destined to fail. It isn’t one piece of equipment, a specific growing technique, or a single process that defines the success of the organization. Instead, it’s the sum… Read More→
Balancing Act: Why Both Art and Science Are Vital to the Success of Your Cultivation Business November 2, 2022 Ryan Douglas Cultivation, Spotlight 0 Comments By Ryan Douglas How do growers balance the art of cultivation with the science of plant production to create the best cannabis possible? Why is this important? Because both are vital to the success of a profitable cultivation business. An… Read More→
Demecan Eyeing €40m Investment As It Aims To Become Germany’s Largest Adult-Use Cannabis Cultivator October 31, 2022 Peter McCusker Cultivation 0 Comments GERMAN cultivator Demecan has welcomed proposals which will see all cannabis for its forthcoming adult-use market grown domestically. The Traffic-Light Coalition’s policy pathway for a regulated market was unveiled by Health Minister Karl-Lauterbach (SPD) last week, as reported in BusinessCann.… Read More→
Marijuana company sued for not making customers high enough October 26, 2022 AggregatedNews Producers 0 Comments A California cannabis company is being sued by two local consumers for allegedly lying about the potency of its products. Jasper Centeno of Long Beach and Blake Wilson of Fresno filed a lawsuit in state court last week accusing DreamFields Brands of… Read More→
20/20 Vision: Selecting a Game Plan For Your Cultivation Business October 15, 2022 Ryan Douglas Cultivation 0 Comments How do cultivation businesses confidently move forward with new or expanded production sites in the face of inflation, oversupply, and legal uncertainty? By clarifying their game plan. Specifically, by answering this question: Are you in it for the short term… Read More→
Should You Pursue Cultivation Licenses in Emerging Markets? October 5, 2022 Ryan Douglas Caribbean, Central America, Cultivation, South America, Spotlight 0 Comments Slowly and quietly, countries outside North America are opening new legal cannabis markets for the first time. Costa Rica just legalized medical cannabis and hemp cultivation for industrial use, and the president has also expressed support for an adult-use market.… Read More→
Report: Over 27 Million Pounds Of U.S. Legal Marijuana Industry Will Be Cultivated By 2030 September 21, 2022 AggregatedNews Cannabis & Hemp Research, Cultivation 1 Comment U.S. medical and adult-use cannabis markets have been growing in recent years as new states are increasingly regulating the sale of legal products for medical and recreational use. In such a scenario, cannabis cultivation plays an important key role in… Read More→