Handouts and agenda for the 2024 Cornell Grain and Fiber Hemp Field Day

September 12, 2024,Cornell AgriTech, Geneva, N.Y.
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Handouts

Agenda

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Morning Session – Varieties, Weed/Disease Management, Harvest, Raking, Baling

Time Presenter Topic Affiliation Description Location
8:00  – 8:30 am   Registration     RN014
8:30 – 8:40 am Larry Smart Welcome Cornell University Schedule for the day RN010
8:40 – 9:00 am Tim Sweeney Regulatory Update NYSDAM Laws and regulations regarding industrial hemp RN010
9:00 – 9:50 am Luis Monserrate Variety Trials Cornell University Dual Purpose and Fiber Trials, Cornell Breeding Trials (30 minutes to walk through trial) RN010
9:50 – 10:05 am Lynn Sosnoskie (invited) Weed management Cornell University Sonalan PRE vs. PPI, rolling during field prep RN053
10:05 – 10:20 am Patrick McMullen Seed treatments Cornell University Fungicide seed treatment efficacy trials RN053
10:20 – 10:50 am Andrew Bish Fiber harvesting demo Bish Enterprises Demo of the Bish FiberCut harvester RN055
10:50 – 11:10 am Maciej Kowalski Retting/Textile fiber Kombinat Konopny Best practices for high quality fiber RN020
11:10 – 11:30 am Rich Wildman Raking demo AgToGo Demo of hay rake and Monarch electric tractor RN020
11:30 – 11:50 am Jacob Bish Baling demo Cornell University Demo of McHale baler RN011
  • 11:50 am – 12:00 pm Drive to Research South – Hemp Processing Barn (Hemp Tent)
  • 12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch and Networking in the Hemp Tent

Afternoon Session – Decortication Demos, Fiber & Grain Hemp Industry Updates

Time Speaker Topic Affiliation Description Location
1:00 – 1:15 pm Andrew Bish, Jacob Bish Research scale decortication Bish Enterprises, Cornell University Demos of the HurdMaster and Bish Decorticator Hemp tent
1:15 – 2:15 pm Jacob Bish, Larry Smart Production scale decortication Cornell University Decorticating with the Fiber Track 660 system Hemp tent
2:15 – 2:45 pm Cameron McIntosh Hempcrete insulation Americhanvre Hempcrete buildings and the Ereasy system Hemp tent
2:45 – 3:00 pm Kristin Santorelli Hemp building materials Right Coast Hemp Building the Hemp Casita – educational tour Hemp tent
3:00 – 3:15 pm Mike Lauder Hemp-based paper products Element6 Dynamics Making hemp paper/packaging in NYS Hemp tent
3:15 – 3:30 pm Hailee Greene Hemp processing in NYS GreeneAcres Processing Starting hemp processing in NYS Hemp tent
3:30 – 3:45 Dale Weed Hemp food ingredients Pure Functional Foods Processing hemp for food products in NYS Hemp tent
3:45 – 4:00 Larry Smart Preview of 2025 Cornell University Producing hemp for animal feed Hemp tent

Author: cdc25

Craig Cramer is a communications specialist, in the School of Integrative Plant Science, College of Agricultur and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.