New Report on Hemp Shows the Crop’s Vast Potential, but Also Severe Supply-Chain Issues Economist Beau Whitney, who led the report, says the supply chain issues are “indicative of how immature the overall industry is.” Planting hemp. (Oregon State University) A new report published by the Oregon-based firm Whitney […]
The lack of certain buyers, says Whitney, shows that “there has been little focus and little data on the supply side.”
But the amount of processors in the market are vastly outnumbered by the number of growers, creating a bloated supply of biomass with nowhere to go. The report shows that for every four growers, there is one processor available.