National Hemp Association, New Holland Partner for Educational Outreach

The National Hemp Association (NHA) has partnered with New Holland Agriculture, an agricultural and construction equipment manufacturer based in Pennsylvania, to develop educational outreach for farmers and to lay the foundation of an integrated North American hemp supply chain.

As part of this partnership, NHA will participate alongside New Holland at 16 national farm shows throughout North America to build out this sustainable new industry and will provide educational sessions and panel discussions as well as exhibit the multitude of products that can be produced from the hemp crop.

The alliance will also seek to move forward on solving the industry’s biggest challenge: the absence of commercial-scale harvesting and decortication equipment uniting the demand of the product to the farmers that supply it. In order to begin laying the foundation of an integrated North American hemp supply chain, the alliance calls on other partners – corporations and entities to join a “Hemp Pledge” and commit to purchasing hemp grown and processed in the U.S. by U.S. farmers.

The National Hemp Association has also committed to creating and funding a new “Hemp Farmer Educational Fund” to assist farmers with agricultural, regulatory and production issues related to converting to hemp production.