US grants for hemp fiber processing
Immediately, two government agencies responsible for the development of cannabis growing in Missouri provide grants totaling $ 900 thousand in order to encourage cooperation of agricultural producers and processors in this administrative-territorial unit to use hemp straw / trust as efficiently as possible. The above funds are provided with the aim of creating production facilities that will maximize the use of the fibrous part of the plant, producing high value added products of interest to the market.
Over the past two years, about ten production sites for the primary / advanced processing of the fibrous part of the hemp plant have been formed in the United States. American companies such as Panda biotech, IND HEMP, Verde Processing & Storage, South Bend Industrial Hemp, Heartland Hemp Coop, BastCore, Shenandoah Valley Hemp, LLC, Heartland Industries are actively building up hemp straw processing facilities / trusts in Alabama, Virginia, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Montana and Texas. was, therefore, extremely interesting and rather unusual is the new trend of the Department of Agriculture and the Missouri State Legislature, to provide grants to fund hemp business initiatives to process the fibrous part of the plant in the territory of this administrative unit of the United States.
Missouri government agencies have announced funding grants for projects to process hemp fiber obtained from the cultivation of industrial crops of industrial hemp. In particular, the Missouri Department of Agriculture announced a $ 200,000 grant to reimburse the costs associated with the implementation of a project to install a plant for processing the fibrous part of the hemp plant. According to the conditions put forward, the above amount should be no more than 25% of the amount required for the implementation of the project.
In turn, the state legislature allocated $ 700 thousand dollars to support the infrastructure for processing the fibrous part of the plant and the formation of products in high added value. One of the main objectives of providing the above funds, according to officials, is to create maximum marketing opportunities for agricultural producers who plan to grow industrial hemp on an industrial scale for the purpose of obtaining straw / trusts.
Thus, two state structures at once responsible for the development of cannabis growing in Missouri provide grants totaling $ 900 thousand in order to encourage cooperation of agricultural producers and processors in this administrative-territorial unit to use hemp straw / trust as efficiently as possible. The above funds are provided with the aim of creating production facilities that will maximize the use of the fibrous part of the plant, producing high value added products of interest to the market.
Commentary of the specialists of the Association "Ukrainian technical hemp"
Within the framework of the round table " Ukraine's place in the modern market for products from the fibrous part of hemp ", which is being prepared for holding during the next training course for students of the " Hemp University ", the attention of those present will be focused on modern technologies that allow the most effective use of hemp straw derivatives / trusts in various sectors of modern economy. Separately, questions will be raised related to exactly what changes are needed in the current regulatory framework aimed at creating conditions for the rapid development of the market for processing the fibrous part of the plant in our country.