For most farmers growing and harvesting crops is the "easy" part. Managing a business and making a profit, not so much.
Florida hemp grower and processor Jammie Treadwell of Treadwell Farms advises growers to spare themselves some heartache and create an end-plan for their crops before planting begins.
Treadwell: “It is a harder crop than people think to grow. But in my experience, most of the farmers, they are used to dealing with weather - they are used to dealing with pests. If you're a farmer in Florida, you know how to deal with those things. I would say the thing that farmers really have to think about is: what is my plan postharvest? How am I going to harvest this? Where am I going to store it? How am I going to stabilize it? And then who am I selling it to, and what are their expectations?”
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