Layer hens fed a diet containing hemp seed produced bigger eggs with more omega-3 content. That’s according to a study referenced by Andrew Bish, founder and CEO of Hemp Harvest Works and chief operating officer of Bish Enterprises. He spoke August 13 at the 2020 Midwest Poultry Federation Virtual Convention.
GILTNER, NEBRASKA – “This is a first for the American hemp market,” said Andrew Bish standing beneath a John Deere 630F Platform Header lifted 9’ in the air, “and it will dramatically lower the barrier of entry into the hemp industry.”
WICHITA FALLS (KFDX KJTL) — The agriculture industry is important to the country, bringing jobs, food, and other products, and Thursday many gathered at the JS Bridwell Ag Center for the Ranch, Farm and Hemp Expo.
Last week, Nebraska celebrated FFA week dedicated to the future leaders of Nebraska’s largest industry. Governor Rickett’s said, the way to grow Nebraska is to grow agriculture.
He also added, with 1 in 4 jobs in the state tied to ag, more workers are needed.
Hemp, as a food, fiber and oil crop, has a huge potential of bringing a positive economic benefit to Nebraska’s agricultural industry, according to two speakers who spoke Monday at the Nebraska Independent Crop Consultant Association’s meeting in Grand Island.
An Omaha state senator said Tuesday that he plans to stop efforts this year aimed at ensuring that people buying CBD, or cannabidiol, products get what they pay for.
Nebraska farmers and producers now have the opportunity to apply for a hemp license, and the Nebraska Hemp Industries Association said they’re here to help.
NELIGH, Neb. — After a successful 2019, educating over 700 farmers at five hemp forums in Clatonia, David City, Pilger, York and Syracuse, Midwest Hemp Forum is proud to announce the first event of 2020, the upcoming Neligh Hemp Farmers Forum on Feb. 21 hosted by the Neligh Office of Economic Development and Antelope County Ag Society.
A year has passed since President Trump signed the 2018 Farm Bill, which legalized the cultivation of industrial and CBD-rich hemp. This legislative breakthrough set the stage for the first largescale hemp harvest in the United States since the Second World War.
2019 has been a whirlwind of a year for us and it looks like we will ve just as active coming into the new decade. This year we’ve traveled to 34 various agricultural conferences across 19 different states and territories.
One of the 176 applicants seeking a license to grow hemp for Nebraska’s research program this year was Jacob Bish, the head of Public relations at Bish Enterprises and Hemp Harvest Works. Bish…
NEBRASKA CITY – Potential growers at the Midwest Hemp Forum in Syracuse Saturday were encouraged with the prospect that Nebraska may issue hemp licenses to all qualified applicants for 2020.
Last week the Hemp Industries Association held its 2019 Annual Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina where…
PHOENIX, Oct. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — The Hemp Industries Association® (HIA®) announces a diverse lineup of national sponsors and hemp industry leaders for the 26th annual Hemp Industries Association Conference…
PLATTSMOUTH — Inside a climate-controlled greenhouse screened off by trees from U.S. Highway 75 grows a crop that some say could become a savior for Nebraska farmers.
From planters to harvesters and everything in between, the No-Till Farmer staff found a lot of interesting new products for producers at the summer farm shows.
Andy Bish grew up working in the agricultural equipment business that his grandfather formed in 1976. Applying the Bish Enterprises Mission to help solve complicated issues farmers face with east…
GILTNER, NEB. — Hemp could be a game changer in rural America, but those trying to expand this budding industry say banking, insurance, and advertising remain off-limits, and that’s…
Bish Enterprises in Giltner, Neb., has been building specialty farm equipment since the late 1970’s and has been featured in FARM SHOW many times…
Its “Hemp is Legal” campaign was launched in May in which the group, including the likes of Hoban Law Group, Bluebird Botanicals and Bish Enterprises, called out Facebook for having strict advertising policies preventing hemp…
A Nebraska farm equipment dealer who did not receive a state license to grow hemp under a new law has sued the state Department of Agriculture and its…