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Dialing in flower cultivation is at the center of the booming marijuana business

Innovation in the cannabis industry is accelerating, with creative entrepreneurs developing emulsions, fast-acting formulas and other delivery enhancements for an ever-expanding universe of products. All this is happening while pharmaceutical chemists …

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Indoor marijuana grower keeps strict schedule to maximize output, avoid bottlenecks

Perhaps the most important tool that Chris Ball, owner of Ball Family Farms in Los Angeles, has in his cultivation toolshed is database software Microsoft Excel. “Our best friend is that computer program,” said Ball, explaining that he depends on Excel…

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Cannabis companies use experimentation, contract labor and technology to plant efficiently

Planting is among the most labor-intensive parts of the cannabis growing process—and arguably one of the most crucial to get right. While larger, commercial agriculture operations including those in hemp can use traditional equipment such as tractors a…

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Hemp, marijuana growers provide strategies for success in producing field-grown cannabis

We’ve all heard the idiom, “Failing to plan is planning to fail.” But the sentiment is especially true for the spring outdoor planting season. Whether producing industrial hemp or outdoor-grown marijuana, growers can take steps to prepare themselves—an…

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Planning, genetics, pot size, timing and ground transfer key to successful outdoor cannabis

Outdoor cannabis cultivators have little to no room for error. “We get one shot,” said Michael Johnson, chief operating officer of Siskiyou Sungrown in Oregon. “We plant in the late spring and harvest in the fall. “It’s a little bit more complica…

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How will new law banning vaporizer shipments impact cannabis businesses?

The U.S. Postal Service will be prohibited from shipping vaping products starting this summer because of a new law that has cannabis businesses worried.
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Cannabis companies share how they launched social equity funding, programs

Marijuana companies face mounting pressure from advocates, consumers and regulators to address the lack of diversity within the cannabis industry.
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Cannabis retailers should consider volume, customer experience when designing sales floor

Marijuana still carries a stigma in many communities. Adopting the right design can make a cannabis store feel more comfortable for shoppers.
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Marijuana reform competes with coronavirus, recession for attention from Congress

Congressman Earl Blumenauer has been the tip of the spear for decades when it comes to marijuana reform in the U.S. House of Representatives. But he’s never been as optimistic as he is this year about the possibility that significant marijuana reform m…