Source: NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL HEMP COUNCIL


ABSTRACT:
At the end of 2020, the National Industrial Hemp Council (NIHC) and Hemp Industry Association (HIA) reached out and surveyed a sample of industry stakeholders including; farmers, oil, seed, CBD processors,seed companies, importers and exporters, and others involved in the hemp industry. The goal was to get their opinions on a hemp check off program. We found there is a high level of overall interest and support for the concept of a national hemp checkoff. The positive results of the survey have encouraged us to proceed on a hemp checkoff program. Please read on to learn about the details of the results.
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INTRODUCTION:
The NIHC and HIA used our respective membership and communications resources to distribute a survey regarding establishment of a checkoff for the hemp industry to hemp industry stakeholders. The NIHC also asked chief economist Beau Whitney of Whitney Economics to distribute the survey to his email list of over 7,500 hemp farmers and producers. NIHC also worked with the online media and marketing group “Let’s Talk Hemp” to distribute the survey to their readers. The Let’s Talk Hemp newsletter has a distribution of 20,000 plus subscribers. HIA also secured an article in Hemp Industry Daily (HID) that promoted the survey and encouraged readers to reply with their opinions. The survey generated 270 responses.

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