Growing Hemp

Why Grow Hemp?

The technical properties and environmental profile of hemp make it an important crop for the emerging bio-economy. Hemp not only offers a competitive gross margin - characterised by high yields and low input, but also the crop has many additional benefits including excellent weed control, fewer field operations and improved soils. Hemp is also an excellent break crop in cereal rotations and following late cleared root and vegetable crops. Dual cropping (straw and seed) offers further improved gross margins.

Hemp Farming

Hemp is an extremely robust annual crop. Drilling takes place from mid April up to the end May. Cutting is around mid August (or mid-September for dual crops). After 2-3 weeks the dry hemp straw is baled and stored on farm until required for processing. Hemp is not a greedy crop and returns quantities of nutrients to the soil. If you are interested in growing hemp please see our Grower Information Pack.

Grower Feature

22-07-09: Hemp Technology seeks growers for 2010.

Hemp Technology have now fully commissioned their new state of the art hemp processing factory in Halesworth and the demand for all products derived from the versatile hemp crop continue to grow.

Hemp now gives the farmer a profitable, alternative spring sown break crop with a guaranteed price that can play a major long-term roll in cropping plans with a number of other benefits. The crop can be grown in one of two ways, straw only and straw plus grain. Click here to view our most recent flier.