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Engineering Design // Project Management // Consulting Andrew Bishop Principal Engineer (406) 868-8561 andrew@agprocessingsolutions.com www.agprocessingsolutions.com Hemp Farming Practices Current Hemp Farming/Harvesting Standards 3


  1. Engineering Design // Project Management // Consulting Andrew Bishop Principal Engineer (406) 868-8561 andrew@agprocessingsolutions.com www.agprocessingsolutions.com

  2. Hemp Farming Practices • Current Hemp Farming/Harvesting Standards • 3’ spacing, hand harvest, hand de-bud, hang upside down to dry • Combine to Harvest? • Tri-Chomes Lost • Windrow and Dry in Field? • Cost Benefit vs. NG Dryer • Issues with each – Capital Costs, etc… • Other Options? • Full Plant Utilization

  3. How do we scale Hemp production? • Our industry standard can’t be to hand harvest, hand de-bud, etc… • CBD Hemp - how do we change as an industry? • Needs to be treated as if it’s a commodity to grow on large scale • Processing is the largest bottle neck if treated as commodity

  4. Hemp Harvest

  5. Hemp Processing

  6. Silage Chopped Material

  7. Seed Separated

  8. Biomass Hammer Milled – Minus Seeds

  9. Biomass Classified – Hurd Fiber & CBD

  10. Biomass Classified – Bast Fiber, CBD & Tri-Chomes

  11. Classifier Video

  12. To Pellet or Not?

  13. Questions? Contact Information Ag Processing Solutions Inc. 625 Central Avenue West, Suite 101, Great Falls, Montana www.agprocessingsolutions.com Andrew Bishop Principal Engineer 406-868-8561 andrew@agprocessingsolutions.com

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