Evaluation of 32 industrial hemp grain and fiber cultivars across New York State in 2018

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Authors

Chris Smart, Larry Smart, Jamie Crawford, Rebecca Wilk, Ali Cala, George Stack, Don Viands, and Joss Rose


Location and planting dates for our 2018 grain and fiber trials

Locations

We are testing cultivars in small plot trials at six locations on Cornell research farms, including the most southerly and most northerly latitudes.

Stand establishment

Planting was accomplished using a cone seeder at 15 live seed/ft^2 for grain and dual-purpose and 30 live seed/ft2 for fiber cultivars. Very dry conditions and inadequate site prep at planting resulted in poor stand counts in Geneva and Ithaca.

Graphs showing stand establishment for each of our trial locations and by cultivar

Harvest yield and quality assessment

We will harvest the grain and dual-purpose plots with a small plot combine, weigh dry grain, then analyze oil and protein content. Fiber types will be cut with a sickle bar, retted, weighed, and analyzed. Cannabinoids will be quantified for female flowers from each plot.

Grain cultivars Source Purity Germ TSW (g)
  USO-31 2016-Assocanapa, 2018-UniSeeds   0.997   0.69   17.4
CFX-2 Hemp Genetics International 0.997 0.90 16.5
CFX-1 Hemp Genetics International 0.992 0.71 16.2
Katani Hemp Genetics International 0.993 0.75 15.6
Picolo Hemp Genetics International 0.999 0.97 16.2
CRS-1 Hemp Genetics International 0.999 0.88 18.4
Grandi Hemp Genetics International 0.995 0.93 16.5
Portugal Winterfox Farms 0.995 0.43 15.1
Swift Winterfox Farms 0.991 0.87 11.8
X-59 Legacy Hemp 0.999 0.94 15.9
Pewter River Winterfox Farms 0.993 0.39 22.0
Dual Purpose cultivars Source Purity Germ TSW (g)
Futura 75 2016-Assocanapa 0.998 0.84 17.9
Felina 32 2016-Assocanapa, 2018-Schiavi (Italy) 0.999 0.75 15.8
Bialobrzeskie 2016-Assocanapa, 2018-Bija Seeds 0.999 0.92 14.0
Tygra-2016 2016-Assocanapa 0.999 0.85 13.9
Tygra-2018 Schiavi Seed (Kentucky) 0.996 0.76 11.8
Wojko 2016-Assocanapa 0.995 0.54 15.2
Anka UniSeeds 0.998 0.87 15.7
Nebraska (feral) Winterfox Farms 0.972 0.57 10.7
Canda Parkland Industrial Hemp Growers 0.998 0.93 15.9
Joey Parkland Industrial Hemp Growers 0.997 0.86 14.6
Ferimon UniSeeds 0.998 0.91 13.7
Helena Schiavi Seed (Serbia) 0.999 0.86 12.8
NWG-Elite New West Genetics 0.994 0.89 9.8
NWG-331 New West Genetics   0.95 11.2
Sterling Gold Winterfox Farms 0.994 0.37 20.5
Rocky Hemp Winterfox Farms 0.995 0.29 21.1
SC-1 PreProcess Inc.     25.7
Fiber cultivars Source Purity Germ TSW (g)
Futura 75 2016-Assocanapa 0.998 0.84 17.9
Tygra 2016-Assocanapa 0.999 0.85 13.9
Carmagnola Schiavi Seed (Italy) 0.991 0.87 16.3
Carmagnola Selezionata Schiavi Seed (Italy) 0.996 0.84 21.6
Fibranova Schiavi Seed (Kentucky) 0.972 0.47 15.2
Eletta Campanna Schiavi Seed (Kentucky) 0.989 0.72 15.6
SS Alpha Sunstrand 0.969 0.42 16.7