Medical Cannabis (MMJ) Farming News
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Segra Enters Into Strategic Plant Genotyping And Tissue Culture Agreement With Sugarbud
Segra International Corp. (“Segra“) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a strategic plant genotyping and tissue culture agreement with Sugarbud Craft Growers Corp. (TSXV: SUGR, SUGR.WT, SUGR.RT) (“Sugarbud“) through its wholly owned subsidiary Segra Biogenesis Corp. Under the terms of the agreement, which includes royalties tied to production success, Segra ...
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Segra Awarded Nursery License from Health Canada for its Flagship Cannabis Tissue Culture Nursery
Segra International Corp., an agriculture technology company, is pleased to announce that it has received a Cannabis Nursery License from Health Canada for the company’s flagship cannabis tissue culture nursery located in New Westminster, BC. This new facility, to be known as the ‘New Westminster Plant Factory’ represents a true industry first. Segra’s high tech plant ...
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Segra Signs Lease For Second Cannabis Tissue Culture Facility Increasing Estimated Production Capacity To Over 30 Million Plants Per Year
Segra International Corp. an agriculture technology company, is pleased to announce that the Company officially signed a lease agreement for their second cannabis tissue culture nursery located in Aldergrove BC. This critical expansion is strategically located with access to international shipping hubs and a large existing agricultural labour pool. “We are thrilled to have reached this ...
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Machines and complete processing line for HEMP (Cannabis)
Our experience that we matured since very many years in the field of medical herbs and aromatic herbs, has been adapted by us to the field of processing Hemp (Cannabis) plant, for pharmaceutical and also ecological purposes (Just one example, use of the stem of the plant for the realization of thermo-insulating material, biodegradable and /or recyclable, for the Green Building, for Architecture ...
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Gas Sensing for Optimal Marijuana Medical Use Crop Growth
Following the legalisation of marijuana sale for medical use in 33 US states1 and Canada,2 marijuana sales have become big business. It is estimated that in 2020 US retail sales of marijuana will continue their rapid growth, from $15. 7 billion to $19 billion3 with suppliers struggling to keep up with demand. In Colorado alone, legal demand for medical use marijuana was exceeding 100 metric tons ...
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Tweed - TerraCycle Celebrate Over One Million Pieces of Cannabis Packaging Collected for Recycling
It's a green thumbs up for Tweed - TerraCycle. The country's first and largest cannabis packaging recycling program, launched in October 2018, has achieved incredible results in its first year of operations. Today, the Tweed - TerraCycle program celebrates a significant milestone with the collection of over one million pieces of used cannabis packaging from across the nation – recycling ...
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Aurora Cannabis Provides Update on Global Operations and Growth Initiatives
Cultivation Leadership Further Strengthened as Global Facilities Achieve Significant Milestones Global Market Expansion Continues in Medical Cannabis and Hemp Markets Network of Strategic Partners Continue to Demonstrate Value on Strong Execution Aurora Cannabis Inc. (the "Company" or "Aurora") (NYSE | TSX: ACB), the Canadian company defining the future of cannabis worldwide, today ...
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Highlights from the 2019 Cannabis Science Conference
Experts, researchers, medical practitioners, and policymakers joined the 2019 Cannabis Science Conference event in Portland, OR USA to advance the cannabis industry. Dr. Sara Azari, one of our Application Engineers, represented Sterlitech and had her hands full with the numerous parallel sessions and hundreds of exhibitors in the event, with tracks about the analytical, medical, and cultivation ...
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Silver Bullet’s Horticulture Division at Two Upcoming Michigan Events!
Tech displays, consultation and a presentation on Cannabis Cultivation Water Management Best Practices for Michigan growers… Join Silver Bullet Water Treatment at two Michigan events over the next week to learn more about how our products, services, lab capabilities and consultation can benefit your controlled indoor environment cannabis or leafy green cultivation system. Silver ...
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Silver Bullet’s Kyle Lisabeth Talks Cannabis Water Treatment on M2 TechCast
Michigan-focused tech podcast highlights water treatment needs for region’s cannabis culitvators. Silver Bullet Water Treatment continues to make an impact in the Great Lakes region cannabis industry. As the recreational/medical cannabis industry continues to expand in Michigan and soon to explode in Illinois, Silver Bullet is establishing itself as the go-to water management ...
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Segra International To Be A Lead Genetics Partner In Shoppers Drug Mart And TruTrace Technologies Pilot Traceability Program For Medical Cannabis
TruTrace Technologies Inc. (CSE: TTT; OTC: TTTSF) (“TruTrace” or the “Company“), creator of the first fully-integrated blockchain platform that registers and tracks intellectual property for the cannabis industry, and Segra International Corp. (“Segra”), an agriculture technology company, today announced that the two companies have entered into a letter of ...
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AXXE Broad Spectrum Herbicide Now Approved for Use in Food and Cannabis Production in Canada
Under the authority of the Pest Control Products Act, BioSafe Systems’ AXXE Broad Spectrum Herbicide has been approved for foliar spray treatment around food crops and cannabis in Canada. The approved label reads: AXXE Broad Spectrum Herbicide can now be used around berries, grapes, orchards, carrots, ginseng, onions, potatoes, hops, cannabis, nursery crops (field and container-grown ...
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Legal Marijuana Grow and Extraction Facilities in Puerto Rico and Unique Occupational Exposure Risks
The growing cannabis industry in Puerto Rico was recently featured in an article published by NBC News. It has been over 4 years since Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla signed an executive order permitting the use of medical cannabis. Two years later, it was voted into law by the legislature. That year, medical marijuana dispensaries began opening their doors across the islands and today, some 40 ...
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Baker-Rullman announces rental program for portable, rotary, triple pass, high capacity, industrial hemp drying equipment
Baker-Rullman’s portable, bulk drying equipment program is a significant advancement for hemp growers throughout the United States and Canada. Bulk hemp drying equipment is typically stationery which makes it impractical for many small or medium growers and cooperatives. The capital investment is large, and the plant may not necessarily be accessible to all co-op members. Portable bulk hemp ...
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What are the most common forms of Cannabis testing?
With cannabis now legal, either for medicinal or recreational use, in a number of countries around the world, the scientific community is increasingly focussing on its quality control and ensuring it is safe for use. What are the most common forms of Cannabis testing? There isn't just one form of testing which can be carried out to determine the 'quality' of cannabis to indicate if it is safe ...
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New Farm Bill Legislation to Legalize Hemp
President Trump is expected to sign the 2018 Farm Bill, a massive, five-year piece of legislation that outlines regulations on everything from food stamps to environmental land use. This particular Farm Bill has one piece of legislature that previous versions have not included – it is legalizing industrial hemp, including the plants used to produce CBD. CBD has previously been in a ...
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An Overview of the Cannabis Industry
The industrial hemp market is heating up, with manufacturers, researchers, physicians, and patients, awaiting the passage of the 2018 Farm Bill and the expected removal of hemp from the Controlled Substances Act. Businesses are moving to position themselves as top suppliers of hemp-based CBD products and investors are eagerly helping fund these endeavors. As the international industrial hemp ...
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Will Industrial Hemp and CBD Soon Be Legal?
The hemp industry has been waiting months for Congress to take action on a new Farm Bill, one that could make legal barriers for hemp production disappear. With the Thanksgiving holiday behind us, Congress has returned to session. Lawmakers in the Nation’s capital are putting more focus on the new Farm Bill, which not only includes the legalization of industrial hemp, but also the funding ...
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Redfund updates cannabis tea brand Mary’s Wellness’ operations
Redfund Capital Corp., a Merchant Bank focused on Hemp, Medical Cannabis, and CBD, has recently announced that it will be issuing an update on Mary’s Wellness Ltd., the Canadian cannabis-infused tea beverage company. Reliable sources state that with more countries beginning to legalize marijuana, with commendations that it treats and provides relief from conditions such as insomnia, ...
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Segra International Partners with Supreme Cannabis to Support Expansion Efforts Leading into Legalization
Segra International Corp. (“Segra” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with The Supreme Cannabis Company (“Supreme Cannabis”) (TSXV:FIRE) (OTCQX: SPRWF) (FRA: 53S1) to provide cannabis micropropagation services at Supreme Cannabis’ wholly owned 7ACRES facility in Kincardine, Ontario. Plant micropropagation, also ...
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