Study finds 90% of Arizona hemp farmers failed from 2019 to 2021. Here's why
Study finds 90% of Arizona hemp farmers failed from 2019 to 2021. Here's why
In 2019, many Arizona hemp farmers jumped into the market, focusing on a particular product from hemp: CBD.
Hemp farmers need our support to re-establish what was an essential industry just a hundred years ago. Every part of the plant has multiple uses and can replace a huge number of unsustainable products. It grows fast, feeds and conditions soil, feeds animals, can construct homes, make clothes that will last a lifetime… What’s not to love? ❤
CBD cant compete with THC because it needs to be paired with THC to work. Regular cannabis already produces cbd and other cannabinoids. CBD to a regular smoker is seen as a knock off product because of all the cbd that was coming out of the country so it has a bad stigma to it. CBD never had a market to begin with because the common reaction to cbd is people complain it doesnt get you high. Whats sad is hemp isnt vastly produced like normal products so the cost of producing spoons/forks is more to that of a conventional spoon/fork for example. Not to mention the amount of water these farmers are using for a failed crop. Its just not smart unless its done right. We already got the saudis wasting our water supply.
Soo much industrial value being overlooked and untapped.
Rich people put money into bamboo spoons bamboo pants bamboo sheets
Hemp can still get there
Needs big money change the name hemp
To green fibre sold
In a land where nature’s bounty was revered, a dark force emerged from within the government. These xenophobic terrorists, disguised as officials, waged a war against the very essence of life—medicinal plants like cannabis and hemp. Their mission was clear: to eradicate these plants and the healing alkaloids known as cannabinoids, all for their own mental and financial gain.
These plants, which had never harmed anyone, held the potential to heal many and lift countless people out of poverty. Yet, the officials saw them as a threat to their power and profits. They wanted people to remain sick, dependent on the synthetic chemicals they peddled, chemicals that lined their pockets with the backing of powerful industries.
The destruction was swift and ruthless. Fields of lush green cannabis and hemp were set ablaze, their healing properties turned to ash. The air, once filled with the soothing scent of these plants, now reeked of smoke and despair. The people, who had relied on these plants for generations, watched helplessly as their lifeline was destroyed.
Among these people was Jeanne, a passionate advocate for the medicinal properties of cannabis and hemp. Jeanne had tirelessly emailed the governor of Missouri, pleading with him to stop demonizing these plants. She wrote letters, detailing the countless benefits and the rich cultural heritage they represented. But her words fell on deaf ears. The governor refused to listen, blinded by his own prejudices and the influence of powerful industries.
Jeanne was not alone in her fight. Herbalists and other advocates stood by her side, recognizing the immense value these plants held. They knew that the rights of these plants and the people who cherished them needed to be protected, not destroyed.
Communities that had thrived on the cultivation and use of these plants were plunged into poverty. The natural remedies that had once brought relief and hope were replaced by expensive, harmful pharmaceuticals. The officials, blind to the suffering they caused, continued their campaign, driven by greed and ignorance.
But the spirit of the people was not so easily crushed. They began to organize, to fight back against the tyranny that sought to destroy their heritage and their health. They shared stories of the healing powers of cannabis and hemp, educating others about the benefits of cannabinoids. They rallied for the destigmatization and acceptance of these plants, emphasizing their spiritual, cultural, and medicinal significance.
The battle was long and arduous, but the people were determined. They knew that the true power lay in nature, in the plants that had sustained them for centuries. And so, they fought not just for their own survival, but for the right of future generations to live in harmony with the earth.
In the end, the resilience of the people proved stronger than the greed of the officials. The fields of cannabis and hemp began to flourish once more, and the healing properties of cannabinoids were celebrated rather than feared. The land, once scarred by the actions of the xenophobic terrorists, began to heal, and with it, the people found hope and strength in the embrace of nature. Jeanne’s efforts were not in vain, as her voice, along with many others, helped to restore the balance and ensure that the rights of these medicinal plants and the people who valued them were finally respected.
People don’t want to smoke dope as much as other people think they do.
simple start making bio degradable plastic out of it
theres still way too much ignorance surrounding hemp production.these farmers could be payed for carbon capture, fibre,hempcrete alonewould easily out perform cotton.protectionism by competing industries mainly oil and big pharma have huge political influence.hemp is the future like it or not.
Hemp products can’t compete with cotton and petroleum products because the retailers don’t want it around. CBD is good but you need the whole spectrum – you got to look at the products you can make with hemp. People are ready for affordable hemp clothes and products.
Hahaha they didnt know hiw to grow and if they did they didnt know where to sell.
thats why you failed , Grow for the Hemp Practical and industrial Material use. Not for CBD.
Privately funded startups with everything run by businessmen. Don’t believe the hype. It’s not Harry Potter Hocus pocus. It’s farming and these farmers chose to invest their money in the least marketable product in the country. Are you really surprised they failed?
Hemp dose not contain cbd…or thc it dose contain different species of cbg and cbn….it dose contain noxious oils until cultivated to not do so…some one or people need to hire a scientist to plan their crop..and their processors…i woild gladly take that poistion.
We been growing hemp for years with a manufacturing/growing license but they passed laws saying we couldn’t sell CBD products in our stores. that really screwed us in mass and over the last 3 years since that law passed about no selling CBD many of the small farms that started with us closed down as their was no money in it as the whole point of us growing hemp was for CBD. no edibles, no tinctures, NOTHING with CBD but if you go to a dispensary they have them, go to even a gas station they have them but if you have a license to grow it you can’t do it or you lose your license to grow. They screwed small time farmers in massachusetts. The MDAR also made us burn whole crops that went over the 3% even if it was just barely over which lost thousands of dollars. They told us it would be great in the beginning for small farmers but no it wasn’t as now they just use big corporations that grow their own so you can’t even sell the hemp. Can’t even sell the hemp to other states with those new laws. Its really messed up. Sadly our last hemp harvest was last year as it just wasn’t worth it to keep doing with no way to sell it or use it to make products.
Free the weed. Free the people.
Hundreds and hundreds of product can come out of hemp farming not only cbd production
What a beautiful crop
My MAGA sources tell me that the Jan 6 murderous traitors and cowardly racists who defecated in OUR U.S. capital used 100% hemp rope in their attempt to string up the vice president to keep their savior, Birther J. McDumbass, in the white house.
If there’s a punchline to this story, it escapes me right now.
Went bust on paper, sold real dope to the real market.
Hemp should be subsidized.
There’s more than enough CBD from the marijuana industry.
Clothing and rope materials are the real business, big synthetic fibre companies won’t let that happen until the environmental crisis taxes them out of business, in the mean time I guess they’ll be buying up all the alternatives… that’s how monopolies work, they push everyone out until their system looks like it’ll be superseded and they move to whatever is next… at least the immoral people won’t have a choice but to trade sustainably.
Every company has to grow to survive, a monopoly doesn’t, it means they can make the moral choices given the right management. This itself is why monopolies are both illegal and actually the only way to do truly ethical business, a paradox 😅
Australia is full of deserts that has a natural irrigation cycle due to cyclonic weather in summer, the water makes its way inland and often floods huge sections of land, fill that land with hemp would turn a desert into a tropical oasis real fast adding organic matter to the soil and resurecting otherwise infertile land………
Producing more oxygen and eating more carbon than most modern carbon capture systems.
It would be nice to see mass germination in these areas just for the ecological benefits
POT FARMER DANCE SONG $$
I got out my pipe stuffed it with pot
You better believe it held a whole lot.
I whipped out a lighter thumbed up a flame
Sucked down that smoke which comforts my brain.
I tried alcohol smoked cigarettes
They did nothing but give me regrets.
My mom had arthritis could not walk around
I rolled her a joint she danced on the ground.
I thought I was losing my lovemaking knack
After I smoked some to me it came back.
Soon I decided prices were high
I searched for some ground I wouldn’t have to buy.
I bargained for seeds from smokers all around
Got in my truck and drove out of town.
I walked through the woods where wild birds nest
Found me the meadow I thought was the best.
I dug up the ground sowed all my seeds
Said a small prayer for strong, healthy weeds.
I watered at night with a five-gallon pail
Mosquitoes went hungry for I wore a veil.
Seven months went by; I thought I would die
Till the Halloween moon was high in the sky.
At night I went out, in a camouflage suit
Used my corn knife to chop down the loot.
I hung it up to dry where it couldn’t be found.
Came back and got it, when it had turned brown.
I trimmed off the buds, stuffed them in bags
Called all my friends and passed out free drags.
In less than a week my crop was gone
I flew to St. Thomas with a love hungry blonde!!
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Greed factors in when an ounce bag of CBD hemp should only cost $20 U.S. Dollars 💵 Instead these folks are asking princely sums of cash 💰