Thursday, September 11, 8:00 – 4:00
Cornell AgriTech, Geneva, NY
Jordan Hall, 630 West North St.
More information and online registration.
You might also be interested in our High-Cannabinoid Field Day, September 10, 2025.
Tentative program schedule, subject to change.
Morning Session
Ag & Markets, Cornell Hemp Breeding, Animal Feed Research
| Time | Presenter | Topic | Affiliation | Description | Location |
| 8:30 – 9:00 am | Registration | Jordan Hall | |||
| 9:00 – 9:05 am | Larry Smart | Welcome | Cornell University | Schedule for the day | Jordan Auditorium |
| 9:05 – 9:20 am | Chuck Schmitt | Growing Hemp in NY | NYSDAM | Getting a license to grow industrial hemp & reporting | |
| 9:20 – 9:40 am | Luis Monserrate | Choosing cultivars | Cornell University | New cultivars in the Cornell Hemp Breeding Program | |
| 9:40 – 10:00 am | Andrew Bish | Hemp Feed Coalition | Bish Enterprises | Gaining approval for hemp as an ingredient | |
| 10:00 – 10:20 am | Raj Kasula (invited) | Hemp for animal feed | Wenger Group | Approved laying hen feeding study | |
| 10:20 – 10:40 am | Nathalie Trottier | Hemp for animal feed | Cornell University | Horse feeding study | |
| 10:40 – 10:50 am | Coffee Break | ||||
| 10:50-11:10 | Xingen Lei | Hemp for animal feed | Cornell University | Broiler chicken feeding study | |
| 11:10 – 11:20 | Tom Overton | Hemp for animal feed | Cornell University | Dairy cow feeding study | |
| 11:20 – 11:40 am | Trey Riddle, Morgan Tweet | Hemp grain supply chains | IND Hemp | How to get a grain supply chain connected | Zoom |
| 11:40 – 12:00 pm | Herb Grove | Hemp for animal feed | Brush Mountain Bison | Practical advantages of feeding with hemp | |
12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch and Networking in the Jordan Pavilion
1:00 – 1:15 pm Drive to Fruit & Vegetable Research Farm 1097 County Rd 4
Afternoon Session
Fiber & Grain Hemp Variety Trials; Combine, Baling, Decortication Demos; Planting date trial of Ursa® ‘Grande’
| Time | Speaker | Topic | Affiliation | Description | Location |
| 1:15-1:30 | Bob Pearce | S-1084 Multistate Trials | Univ. of Kentucky | Overview of network of annual cultivar trials | RN009 |
| 1:30 – 2:15 pm | Larry Smart, Luis Monserrate, Jacob Bish |
Choosing hemp varieties | Cornell University | Evaluation of fiber and grain cultivars in small trials | RN009 |
| Terry Moran | Kanda Hemp | ||||
| Corby Miteff, Robin Destiche | KonopiUS | ||||
| Reuben Stone (invited) | Uniseeds | ||||
| Rale Gjuric (invited) | Haplotech | ||||
| Sarah Mitchell | King’s AgriSeeds | ||||
| 2:15 – 2:45 pm | Jacob Bish, Larry Smart | Demo of combining hemp grain | Cornell University | Demo of JD9510 with MacDon960 header | RN027 |
| 2:45 – 3:15 pm | Jacob Bish | Fiber raking baling demo | Cornell University | McHale baler demo, FiberCut harvester display | RN047 |
| 3:15 – 3:40 pm | Larry Smart | Planting date for grain | Cornell University | Planting date trial using Ursa® ‘Grande’ | Drive to RS001 |
| 3:40 – 4:00 pm | Jacob Bish, Larry Smart | Production scale decortication | Cornell University | Decorticating with the Fiber Track 660 system | Drive to Hemp tent |
| 4:00 pm | Larry Smart | Wrap up, departure | Cornell University | Preview of 2026 – Bioeconomy Hub Building | Hemp tent |
