Annual/Termination Reports:

[09/20/2024] [09/30/2025]

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Participants

Virtual attendees- Lesley Oliver- U. Kentucky (AA), Abdel Berrada- Colorado State, Bob Pearce- U. Kentucky, Calvin Trostle- Texas A&M, Chris Smart- Cornell, Larry Smart- Cornell, James DeDecker- Michigan State, Jacob MacWilliams- , Jason Griffin- Kansas State, Punya Nachappa- Colorado State, Tiziana Oppedisano- Montana State, Kimberly Gwinn- U. Tennessee, Xinhua Xiao, Macoon Bisoondat- USDA (NIFA rep), John Erickson- USDA (NIFA rep), Ann Hazelrigg- Virginia Tech, Steven Philpott- NC State

In-person attendees-
Kimberly Leonberger- U. Kentucky, Henry Smith- U. Kentucky, Nicole Gauthier- U. Kentucky, Misbakhul Munir- U. Kentucky, Babitha Jampala- Louisiana State, Daniel Pap- U. California Davis, Babu Valliyodan- Lincoln U., David Gang- Washington State, Hasip Ulas Ograk- U. Louisiana Monroe, Jon Botthoff- U. California Riverside, Emma Aronson- U. California Riverside, Phillip Alberti- U. Wisconsin, Benjamin Schwab- Kansas State, Zack Brym- U. Florida, Alyssa Collins- Penn State, Karla Gage- Southern Illinois U., Shuresh Ghimire- U. Connecticut, Marguerite Bolt- Purdue, Shelby Ellison- U. Wisconsin, Sonja Salmon- North Carolina State U., Terri Arsenault- State of Connecticut, Siyan Wang- North Carolina State U., Dana Landry- U. Illinois, Emily Febles- USDA, Ramesh Dhakal- Virginia State U., Saeid Zehtab Salmasi- New Mexico State, Tyler Mark- U. Kentucky, David Suchoff- Noth Carolina State U., Heather Darby- U. Vermont (chair)

Brief Summary of Minutes

The S1084 Annual Meeting was held on Feb. 15 & 16 ont he campus of North Carolina State University.  Virtual attendees joined for general presentations and updates provided in the morning on the first day.

Following introductions and a tour of the College of Textiles, presentations included an update from USDA NIFA, USDA AMS on the Hemp Production Program, a discussion of the Farm Bill as related to hemp, and progress updates from each working group lead.  Following a break, the in-person attendees broke into working groups and discussed plans for the upcoming year to contribute to each of the new project objectives.  Day 2 included a field trip to Bast Fibre Technologies.

 

See attached meeting minutes for details.

Accomplishments

<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Objective 1: Breeding and Genetics </span></p><br /> <p>Continued collection and evaluation of feral hemp collections for public hemp germplasm repository in collaboration with USDA-ARS. &nbsp;The feral hemp collection effort has 2000 accessions to be added.&nbsp; USDA&rsquo;s collection has roughly 600 samples, 100 of which are available for distribution. Began work toward developing custom genetic probes.</p><br /> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Objective 2: Agronomy and Sustainability</span></p><br /> <p>Refining plans for continued multistate field trails. Made progress toward publishing field trial data. Published a minimum set of standards for research and industry data.</p><br /> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Objective 3: Sustainable Pest Management</span></p><br /> <p>Developed a website for hosting pest and disease management data and fact sheets, which can be expanded to provide other management and research enabling resources.</p><br /> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Objective 4: Product Quality, Market Development and Economics</span></p><br /> <p>Developed updated production budgets, which are currently Created a comparison of regional costs for hemp production using data from the field trial conducted in Objective 2.</p>

Publications

<p>Zachary T. Brym, Steven C. Philpott Jr., Hanah Rheay, Luis A. Monserrate, Nirit Bernstein, Carlene A. Chase, Shelby L. Ellison, Clinton C. Shock, Lawrence B. Smart, George M. Stack, and David H. Suchoff. 2023. Hemp Morphology and Physiology Standards for Research and Industry Applications. <em>HortScience</em>, 58 (7), 756-760. <a href="https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI17093-23">https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI17093-23</a></p>

Impact Statements

1. The S1084 project continues to enable U.S.-wide coordination of hemp related research and collaboration across states, disciplines, and public and private entities.
2. S1084 has increased access to research and management resources though germplasm collection, surveys of pest and disease issues, creation of comment terminology and minimum data standards, and economic analysis tools.
3. S1094 has contributed input for policy makers related to hemp provisions in the upcoming Farm Bill that will further facilitate effective research by highlighting the pressure points created by the current legislation and providing recommendations to relieve them.

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Report Information

Participants

Virtual attendees-Lesley Oliver U.Kentucky (AA), Bob Pearce- U. Kentucky, Brandy Phipps-Central State University, Ramesh Dhakal-Virginia State U., Thomas Eulgem-University of California Riverside, Jacob MacWilliams-Colorado State U., Kimberly Gwinn-U. Tennessee, Heather Darby-U. Vermont, Philip Alberti-U. Wisconsin, Brent Cutrer, Louisiana Department of Agriculture
In-Person attendees-Tyler Mark-U. Kentucky (Chair), Alyssa Collins-Penn St., Marguerite Bolt- Purdue U., Larry Smart-Cornell, Chris Smart-Cornell, Babitha Jampala-Louisiana State, Zach Brym-U. Florida, Karla Gage-Southern Illinois U., Shelby Ellison-U. Wisconsin, Saeid Zehtab Salmasi- New Mexico State U., David Suchoff-North Carolina St., Nicole Gauther-U. Kentucky, Gordon Jones-Oregon State U., James DeDecker Michigan State, Kimberly Leonberger-U. Kentucky, Taylere Herrmann-Cornell, Lucia Monserrate-Cornell, Luis Monserrate-Cornell, Buddhika Patalee-U. Kentucky, Magdalena Ricciardi U. Kentucky, Bob Zemetra-Oregon State U., Oluwaseun Kolawole-U. Kentucky, Umair Ashraf-Michigan State U., James Obuya-Southern U., Chengci Chen-Montana State U.

Brief Summary of Minutes

The S1084 Annual Meeting was held on February 27 and 28 in Baton Rouge at Louisiana State University.

Day 1 started with a welcome from the Louisiana Ag Center administration. Presentations included and update for Lesley Oliver on the project, Multi-State variety trials and the accompanying manuscript, FFAR funded projects, and status of the two SAS projects that include hemp. After lunch we had presentations from the Midwestern Hemp Group, updates on hemp germplasms, powdery mildew, duel hemp trials, and hemp consumer research.

Day 2 included additional presentations on a range of hemp research projects being conducted around the country. This was followed by a field trip to tour the Cotton Quality and Innovation Research Unit at the Southern Regional Research Center of the USDA in New Orleans.

Detailed minutes and individual state reports are attached. 

Accomplishments

<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Objective 1: Breeding and Genetics</span></p><br /> <p>Continued collection and evaluation of feral hemp collections for public hemp germplasm repository in collaboration with USDA-ARS. &nbsp;The feral hemp collection effort has more than 2000 accessions to be added. USDA&rsquo;s collection has more than 600 samples, 100 plus are available for distribution. Work has continued to create custom genetic probes.</p><br /> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Objective 2: Agronomy and Sustainability</span></p><br /> <p>Refining plans for continued multistate field trials. Manuscript was submitted for publication.</p><br /> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Objective 3: Sustainable Pest Management</span></p><br /> <p>Launched a website for hosting pest and disease management data and fact sheets, which can be expanded to provide other management and research enabling resources. This is currently in the process of being populated. Discussed also integrating this in with the Midwest Hemp Groups website and data.</p><br /> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Objective 4: Product Quality, Market Development and Economics</span></p><br /> <p>Refining production budgets to expand to a regional comparison of costs for hemp production using data from the field trial conducted in Objective 2. Also expanding to the consumer side and examining the factors driving hemp product consumption.</p><br /> <p>&nbsp;</p>

Publications

<p>Williams,&nbsp;A.,&nbsp;Brym,&nbsp;Z.,&nbsp;Chen,&nbsp;C.,&nbsp;Collins,&nbsp;A.,&nbsp;Crawford,&nbsp;J.,&nbsp;Darby,&nbsp;H.,&nbsp;Dedecker,&nbsp;J.,&nbsp;Ellison,&nbsp;S.,&nbsp;Fike,&nbsp;J.,&nbsp;Gage,&nbsp;K.,&nbsp;Gang,&nbsp;D.,&nbsp;Griffin,&nbsp;J.,&nbsp;Johnson,&nbsp;B.,&nbsp;Moore,&nbsp;V.,&nbsp;Ortmeier-Clarke,&nbsp;H.,&nbsp;Podder,&nbsp;S.,&nbsp;Richmond,&nbsp;M.,&nbsp;Roozeboom,&nbsp;K.,&nbsp;Thelen,&nbsp;K., &nbsp;Pearce,&nbsp;R.&nbsp;(2025).&nbsp;Comparing agronomic performance of industrial hemp varieties for suitable production in the United States.&nbsp;<em>Agronomy Journal</em>,&nbsp;117, e70006.&nbsp;<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.70006"><strong>https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.70006</strong></a></p>

Impact Statements

1. The S1084 project continues to enable U.S.-wide coordination of hemp related research and collaboration across states, disciplines, and public and private entities.
2. S1084 has increased access to research and management resources though germplasm collection, surveys of pest and disease issues, creation of comment terminology and minimum data standards, and economic analysis tools. Launching a new website that will also be presented to the Hemp Regulators Group as another resource for them.
3. S1094 has contributed input for policymakers related to hemp provisions in the upcoming Farm Bill that will further facilitate effective research by highlighting the pressure points created by the current legislation and providing recommendations to relieve them.

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