Industrial hemp fiber is better than wood in every way
By Robert Ziner | CIHC, Canada Hemp has always been a better natural resource than trees. The truth is, because hemp was not legal throughout most…
Fiber
‘We’d like to see a decorticator next to every cotton gin’
Guy Carpenter is President and CEO of Bear Fiber, Inc., and President at Cape Fear Apparel Consulting, both of North Carolina. He also serves as a…
Australian fiber processing startup completes fundraising
Australian hemp processing startup X-Hemp Pty Ltd says it has met its target for capital raising after a five-month campaign. The funding will let X-Hemp move…
Startup sees potential in Russia’s historic textile region
Russian industrial hemp producer Smart Hemp said it has plans to open a hemp processing factory in Ivanovo, an historic textile region and still one…
Specialized harvester hopes to tap growing interest in fiber
A Canadian company is bringing specialized fiber hemp harvesting technology to North America, anticipating continued expansion of applications for the hemp plant’s stalk and expanding…
$14m investment to restart work on Canadian fiber processing facility
Canadian Rockies Hemp Corporation (CRHC) said it has resumed construction on an industrial scale fiber hemp processing facility after a nine-month hiatus caused by financing…
How to safely source and buy hemp cultivation seed from Europe
By Robin Destiche | Hempoint s.r.o. Officials in Indiana recently warned farmers about unscrupulous hemp seed vendors they say are currently active in the state. Some…
Europe looks poised to continue dominance in fiber seed
By Robin Destiche | Hempoint s.r.o. While the U.S. has no shortage of CBD planting seed suppliers, fiber hemp varieties are more difficult to come by….
To choose the right seed, think through the entire process
By Robin Destiche | Hempoint s.r.o. As 2021 unfolds we will see the installation of a number of decortication systems in the U.S. This is…
Italian region exploring hemp for plastic and cleaning up soil
Authorities in the Italian town of Roccasecca say they will explore the potential for developing a hemp plastics supply chain while cleaning up local land…