Hemp, An Emerging Industry. An Interview with Tim Schmidt
Tony Briscoe interview with Tim Schmidt on ABC Tasmania Country Hour, Tuesday 8 June 2021. Interview commences about 18 minutes into the podcast. Click here.
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Hemp, An Emerging Industry. An Interview with Tim Schmidt
Tony Briscoe interview with Tim Schmidt on ABC Tasmania Country Hour, Tuesday 8 June 2021. Interview commences about 18 minutes into the podcast. Click here.
| Legislation | Hemp Industry Act 2008 |
| Regulations | Hemp Industry Regulation 2016 |
| Regulatory Bodies | DPI |
| Licence Application | Licence application (14 pages) |
| THC at planting | <0.5% |
| THC at harvest | <1% |
| Licence Types | 1.Cultivation and Supply of commercial production 2.Cultivate and supply manufacturing process 3. Scientific and research |
| Licence term | 5 years |
| Fees | Application: $572 Renewal: $478 |
| Other fees | Annual fee, $200 Police check: |
THC at planting <0.5%
THC at harvest <1%
Licence Types “Possession, Cultivation, Processing”
Licence term 5 years
Fees $1,181
Other fees $218 Police check per person
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Lauchlan is president and co-founder of the Queensland Hemp Association.
Since 2013, he has been building Australia’s industrial cannabis industry from seed to shelf with improved crop success nationally.
He is focussed on developing successful hemp cultivars as the foundation for a successful hemp industry
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Dominic Calder is the AHC Council member for the Northern Territory. As the Diversification Development Officer for the Northern Territory Farmers Association it is his role is to promote and assist farmers with diversifying their farms and operations. Dominic has a background in the horticulture industry in QLD and he is passionate about agriculture and the NT.
Contact
Dominic Calder | NT Farmers Federation
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Gail Stubber is the Executive Officer of the WA Hemp Growers’ Co-op which she and six other farmers started in 2018. She lives on a small multiuse farm of 40 ha in the South West of WA. She is presently running sheep, growing finger limes and hemp.
She is also a board member of iHemp WA and has been since 2017 when she decided to move into hemp growing. It was a decision to learn as much about hemp as possible from an organisation that informs the public about all things hemp.
Even though this is a new enterprise, after being an Expat for 16 years, Gail is passionate about getting farmers a good deal on this new crop and helping build an industry for all.
Our Top 5 Cultivars have been developed without genetic modification to grow and thrive in most regions of Australia.
Currently available:
ECO-MS77 is a robust dual-purpose diecious variety of industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) bred for a longer internode length than ‘ECO-CHG’, high vegetative force, great capability of adaptation, greater TSW (30 – 32g) and very low cannabinoid (THC and other cannabinoids) content. This variety bred in Australia using a recurrent selection method and is suited to a wide range of latitude (5 – 53) for fiber production.
ECO-Excalibur is a diecious and relatively early maturity industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) variety suited for grain production in mid – high latitudes. This high-yielding variety matures in 100 to 115 days. This variety was bred using population breeding-recurrent selection method to pyramid higher grain yield and shorter maturity window. This is a female predominant variety with an occasional occurrence of monoecious plants.
ECO-CHY is a grain variety of industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) bred in Australia for higher seed yield and low THC content that is suited for production in sub-tropical environments. This variety has desired traits for commercial grain yield in sub-tropical environments. It’s unique canopy structure allows commercial farming of this variety at lower planting density and is suitable for row cropping.
Currently unavailable:
ECO-CHG, a late dioecious fibre variety suited for fiber production.
ECO-CHA, a dual-purpose variety.
For further information visit our website or contact Adam Cantwell: adam@ecofibre.com
Mick Andersen is the founder and owner of Good Country Hemp Pty. Ltd, a hemp foods processing facility based in Bordertown, South Australia. Good Country Hemp contract hemp growers directly, primarily in SA, and have processing lines for cold pressed hemp seed oil and hulled hemp seed, marketed online and through supermarket and health food stores.They also supply bulk hemp food products.
A qualified agricultural engineer, Mick started in the hemp industry in early 2018 after running an agricultural shed construction business for 25 years.
In 2019 Mick visited France and Germany looking at hemp crop varieties and seed processing equipment, and has travelled extensively worldwide and in Australia through previous agricultural roles.
Tim is president of the Australian Hemp Council. He has been farming in Tasmania for the last 20 years and in 2003 the family purchased Woodlands a 350ha farm near Deloraine in Northern Tasmania. Primarily a beef trading and dairy agistment farm they also grow potatoes and hemp.
In 2016 Tim became president of the Tasmanian Hemp Association and has since advocated for the Tasmanian hemp industry.
Tim also sits on the TFGA Meat Council, is a longstanding chairman of the Deloraine Landcare Group, past chairman of the Meander Valley Council NRM committee and committee member of the Meander Valley Water Users.
Jaimie Milling is a fourth-generation farmer who has been in the agriculture industry all his life.
He has a Farm Business Management Degree and for 35-years he has owned and managed large broad acre mixed farm operations across NSW. Jaimie also has extensive experience in the agriculture industry both domestically and internationally, having worked in Africa, UK and Europe, as well as in Queensland and the Northern Territory.
He is the co-founder of Canna Hemp Care Pty Ltd, one of the larger hemp growers in NSW, with commercial crops of 20-to-200 hectares. They have strong existing relationships with hemp food and fibre processors and markets both nationally and overseas, and heavily involved in hemp fibre crop growing, marketing and processing.
Midlands Seed is one of Australia’s top agricultural producers of specialty seeds and food ingredients. With world-leading quality as our benchmark, our latitude, temperate climate, pristine air quality, soil types, availability of irrigation, and grower expertise allows us to produce superior products.
Midlands provides bulk supply of premium Hemp Seed for Sowing for planting. As an established company producing a wide variety of arable foods, we are proud of the quality of our bulk supply Hemp Seed for Sowing we deliver to farmers and businesses.
Contact Wayne Saunders
Ph: +64 277 275 522
E: office@midlands-seed.com.au
Hemp Farms Australia is an Australian industrial hemp farming business. We sell hemp genetics for farmers in Australia and around the world to purchase for hemp farming, to harvest for grain (food) or fibre (clothing and building)
We supply the following varieties of bulk hemp seed:
Bundy Gem is an Australian industrial hemp cultivar bred in early 2008 in Queensland, Australia. With the ability to flower on maturity instead of day-light-length, this cultivar is very versatile and can be grown three times annually in Queensland.
Ruby is an Australian industrial hemp cultivar bred in 1998 in Queensland, Australia. With the ability to flower on maturity instead of day-light-length, this cultivar is very versatile and can be grown three times annually in Queensland.
King Gee is a dual purpose variety, ideal for both fibre and grain depending on the sowing rates and window.
Farnsfield can be sown in September or February for grain production and November or August for fibre product.
For further information please contact us: info@hfahemp.com.au
We supply a full range of varieties of bulk hemp seeds for you to establish your own hemp farm enterprise. All seeds are approved for sowing in Australia, with low THC and cultivated to accomplish Australian THC specifications.
Our range of varieties include ANKA.
Further enquiries by e-mail: info@leawoodhemp.com.au
The WA Hemp Growers Co-op has been importing good certified seed out of France since 2018. We believe that seed suited to a Mediterranean climate was the closest to our needs in WA.
This year we have imported 9 tonne in 3 varieties of French seed from HEMP-it.
Fedora 17 has been grown successfully in a number of farms in the Great Southern. It is a dual purpose seed and hence a good starter seed for people learning how to grow hemp.
Fibror 79 has also proven itself to be a tough plant, surviving in a paddock with 4.5pH scale and also maturing well in the first seed trials in Capel and Esperance. It is not a large plant but it has an amazing citrus smell and has a good seed head and lovely soft fibre.
Orion 33 is the new kid on the block. It was chosen to be a stronger seed growing plant and also because the French report that it will grow in drier climates. This is yet to be proven but so far the information out of France on their seeds is usually sound.
All our seed has been guaranteed 89% germination with a THC level below 0.02% on cultivation. As monoecious cultivars 97% of the crop will produce seed.
All our seed is clean and fully certified to ensure quality and reliability.
For further information and to secure your order:
https://hempgro.com.au/products