Summary

CSIRO has been contracted to provide a collation of edited conference proceedings to AgriFutures Australia within one month after the completion of the conference.
The 2020 Australian Industrial Hemp Conference will provide a forum for Australian farmers interested in growing industrial hemp as a broad acre rotation crop and Australian businesses interested in selling or using industrial hemp products, i.e., seed, fibre and hurd.
Papers on research and agricultural, industrial and market experiences in the following areas to be presented at the conference:
•Regulation of industrial hemp,
•Regional production practices,
•Breeding and new cultivars,
•Crop care including water, nutrient, weed and pest management regimes,
•Harvesting preperation and practice,
•Grain storage, processing and products,
•Fibre processing and products,
•Hurd processing and products and,
•Pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products from industrial hemp (no THC).
Accepted papers will be formally published as proceedings from the Australian Industrial Hemp Conference by AgriFutures Australia

Program

New and Emerging Industries

Research Organisation

CSIRO

Objective Summary

The aim of the conference is to bring interested people together to hear from world experts in industrial hemp production and processing.
CSIRO will provide a collation of edited conference proceedings to AgriFutures Australia within one month after the completion of the conference.