IndustrialHempResearchattheUniversityofKentucky
Dr.NancyCox,DeanUKCollegeofAgriculture,FoodandEnvironment
SouthernLegislativeConferenceAgricultureandRuralDevelopmentCommittee
10July2016
IndustrialHempResearch-Legislation
• Section7606ofthe2014FarmBillalongwithsupportingstate-levellegislationprovidesfortheestablishmentofindustrialhemppilotresearchprogramsthroughuniversitiesorstatedepartmentsofagriculture(27Jan2014).
• KYSenateBill50providesforthedefinitionandadministrationofanindustrialhemppilotresearchprograminKentucky(7Apr2013).
• InKentucky,thepilotprojectismanagedbytheKDA.
IndustrialHempResearch-Overview• ResearcheffortshaveexpandedatUKbothinscopeandscaleeachyear.• Includeseffortsinmultipledepartments/unitswithinUK:• Agronomy• Plantmolecularbiology• Biosystemsandagriculturalengineering• Horticulture• Agriculturaleconomics
• Workhasincludedcollaborativeeffortswith3regionalKYuniversities,otherland-grants,andmultiplecorporateentities.
IndustrialHempResearch-2014
• Onlytwosmallvarietytrials.
• Marginallysuccessfulscientifically.
• Verysuccessfulanecdotally.
• Researchworkexpandedsignificantly
• Investigationsincludedworkwithall3harvestablecomponents:
• Basiccropproductionstudies
• Smallgrainvarietytrial
• Smalldual-purposevarietytrial
• Fiberproductionandprocessing
• Cannabinoidproduction(mostlyCBD)
IndustrialHempResearch-2015
• Cannabinoidproductionmaybeoptimizedwithtobaccoproductionmodels.
• Transplantproductioningreenhouses
• Space-plantingwithtobaccosetters
• Manualcropmanagementandharvests
• On-farmcuringandfirst-stageprocessing
IndustrialHempResearch-2015
IndustrialHempResearch-2015
• Theultimateutility,legalstatusandregulationofcannabinoidshasyettobedetermined.
IndustrialHempResearch-2015
IndustrialHempResearch-2016
• Varietytrialsforfiber,grain,anddual-purpose.• Herbicidetolerance.• Plantingdatestudy.• Plantdensitystudyforfiberproduction.• Cultureandharvestofhempandkenaf forbast fiberproduction.• Hemp’scomparativeyieldsandnutritivevalueasanimalfeed.• Bioenergycapacityofhemp.• Efficacyofpre-harvestherbicides.• Agriculturaleconomicsofhemp.
IndustrialHempResearch-2016
• Geneticsandmanipulationofsexdeterminationinhemp.• Geneticsandmanipulationofhempseedoilquantityandquality.• BreedinghempvarietiesforKentucky.• Engineeringandconstructionofimprovedharvestingequipment.• Hemphurd fibersasanimalbeddingandconstructionadditives.
IndustrialHempResearch-Acknowledgements
IndustrialHempResearch-Conclusions
• UKalmostcertainlyleadsthenationinhemp-relatedresearchwithbroadanddiverseeffortsinmanydisciplines.
• HempresearchatUKisverywellsupportedbytheUKadministrationaswellaslocal,state,andfederalpolicymakers.
• Wewillendeavortocontinuetoleadthenationinhemp-relatedresearch.
State-levellegislation
• Twenty-nine(29)states*havesomeleveloflegislationinplacesupportingindustrialhempresearchinaccordancewiththepilotprogramprovision,Section7606oftheFarmBill:
Alabama,California,Colorado,Connecticut,Delaware,Florida,Hawaii,Illinois,Indiana,Kentucky,Maine,Maryland,Michigan,Minnesota,Missouri,Montana,Nebraska,Nevada,NewYork,NorthCarolina,NorthDakota,Oregon,SouthCarolina,Tennessee,Utah,Vermont,Washington,WestVirginiaandVirginia.
*Amongthe29states,only9(Kentucky,Tennessee,Hawaii,Oregon,NorthDakota,Vermont,Indiana,Minnesota,andColorado)activelygrewhempaspartofthepilotprogramprovisionin2015.
UKIndustrialHempResearch2014-2016
Contacts:UKHempResearchProgram
•Policy:DrewGraham([email protected])
•Economics:WillSnell([email protected])
•Agronomyandgeneralprogramquestions:D.W.Williams([email protected])
