At a time when many cannabis businesses are feeling the squeeze from competition and price compression, the question arises of how to continue to add value to employees when wage increases are not on the table.
On February 13th, the DEA issued a statement clarifying their stance on hemp-derived Delta-9 THCO and hemp-derived Delta-8 THCO, stating that they consider them both Schedule 1 illicit substances under the Controlled Substances Act.
Hop Latent Viroid (HLVd)–a plant pathogen common in the hops industry–is a fast-emerging threat to cannabis businesses across the nation. It causes stunting and reduced yields, is easily spread amongst plants, and is extremely difficult to kill on surfaces with heat or disinfectants.
Product quality management is still an emerging field in cannabis production. This has mostly to do with federal prohibition, and partly because legalization and its attendant demand moved faster than research could be done. This has created a situation where many veteran operators do not fully understand the risks posed by microbial contaminants in cannabis production. This is risky for both operators and consumers.
Before legalization, most cannabis breeding was done with very limited numbers of plants to select from, and almost entirely with the aim of increasing yield and THC content. Enter the Seed Enthusiast!
Inefficiency is one of the biggest problems I see in the cannabis industry today. One major consequence of the rapid expansion of the cannabis industry is that companies had to scale so quickly to meet market demand that efficiency was often an afterthought.
