Colorado Department of Agriculture Press Releases

12.11.2019 Colorado Department of Agriculture announces 2019 certified hemp seed varieties

11.6.2018: Colorado Home of the first US-bred Certified Hemp Seed

12.4.2017: CDA Announces Colorado’s 2017 CDA-Approved Certified Hemp Seed Varieties

11.29.2016: CDA Announces Colorado’s Inaugural Hemp “Certified Seed”

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9.13.2021 Seed World: Feminized Hemp Seed, the Latest Trend

7.14.2021 Hemp Industry Daily, New West Genetics first hemp participant in Wells Fargo clean-tech incubator

7.13.2021 Lancaster Farming, National Hemp Tour: New West Genetics

7.8.2021 Business Newswire, Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator Selects Five Early-Stage Sustainable Indoor Agriculture Companies

6.25.2021: Hemp Industry Daily, Slideshow: Honoring the Top Canines in Cannabis

5.20.2021 Colorado Office of Economic Development & International Trade, $8.6 million Advanced Industries Awards Accelerate 36 Colorado Start-ups 

4.29.2021 Hemp Today, Options expand for growers of CBD flowers in Canada

4.21.2021 Hemp Industry Daily, Health Canada approves US hemp varieties for commercial production

2.23.2021 Hemp Industry Daily, Hemp in US animal feed is one step closer to fruition

2.12.2021 Hemp Industry Daily, Are hemp plant breeders ramping up on utility patents to protect novel varieties?

1.28.2021 Lancaster Farming, Quality Hemp Seed Essential to Profitability

1.19.2021 Natural Products Insider, Hemp seed genetics can solve the 1% THC problem

7.22.2020 Seed World, New West Genetics, Inc. High CBD Hemp Seed Soon to be Available in Canada

7.4.2020 Greenhouse Grower, New Commercial Hemp Varieties Growers Should Consider

5.28.2020 Natural Products Insider, 5 problems hemp farmers face this year

11.15.2019 The Denver Post, Cross-pollination between marijuana and hemp is a budding conflict at outdoor grows

10.15.2019 5280, Everything Coloradans Never Knew They Needed To Understand About Hemp

10.4.2019 New Cannabis Ventures, New West Genetics is Bringing Stable Seeds to the Hemp Industry

7.20.2018: Hemp Mag, Seeds of Doubt: Farmers Struggle to find Certified Hemp Seeds

2.8.2018 Valley Courier, Hemp draws a crowd at agricultural conference

1.17.2018 Westword, Colorado Company Produces First American-Bred Certified Hemp Seed

1.22.2018 Colorado Public Radio, A Colorado Company Produces The Nation’s First Certified Hemp Seed, And Can’t Keep Up With Demand

5.25.2017 Coloradoan, Hemp in food for horses and chickens? Maybe.

12.7.2016: Westword, First Industrial Hemp Seeds Certified by Colorado Department of Agriculture

11.30.2016 Colorado Independent, Colorado first in nation with certified hemp seed

11.21.2016: EvoHemp, The 1st USA Hemp Variety to Pass a Department of Ag Trial

11.13.2016: The Leaf Online, First New Hemp Strain Bred for US Farmers

3.28.2016: Company Week, Industry Report: Cannabis R&D in Colorado

3.21.2016: New Cannabis Ventures, New West Genetics Aims to Build a Better Breed of Industrial Hemp

1.28.2016: Agriculture, Sprouting New Technology: Ag entrepreneurs give presentations at Farm Show

11.3.2015: The Coloradoan, Fort Collins Cannabis Scientists raise $100,000

8.29.2015: USA Today, Colorado State University Researchers Test Hemps Hardiness in US

6.9.2015: BizWest, New West Genetics Raising $800K to Ramp Up Industrial Hemp Marketing, R&D

1.26.2015: Net News Nebraska, Vague Laws Can Stand in the Way of Unlocking Hemp Benefits

1.12.2015: KCUR, Hemp’s Legality Has Stunted Research, But That’s Starting to Change

Mary Janes Film, Introduction: Wendy Mosher Co-Founder and CEO, New West Genetics

CannaInsider, Innovations in Hemp Science with New West Genetics

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January 2021: Genetic Development: What’s on the Horizon? Winter Hemp Summit – Wendy Mosher

November 2020: MidWest Hemp Council Podcast – Jenny Boyd

May 2020: ABOUND: Revolutionizing the Hemp Industry Webinar with IEC Thermo – Jenny Boyd and Rich Fletcher

January 2020: Plant and Animal Genome Conference Cataloging Existing Variation and Rebuilding Better Cannabis Genomes for New Markets – John McKay (Director of Genetics)

January 2020: Winter Hemp Summit The Business Challenges of Farming Hemp Genetics, Cultivation, Harvesting, Drying, Processing & Getting Contracts – Wendy Mosher (President & CEO)

December 2019: ASTA CSS & Seed Expo Hemp Seed Opportunities & Challenges – Speaker – Wendy Mosher (President & CEO) Listen here

November 2019: ASTA Farm and Lawn Seed Conference Challenges/Opportunities in the Hemp Industry – Speaker – Frank Curtis (Director of Operations)

October 2019: HIACON Event Sponsor and Genetics Development, Supply, and the Future – Speaker – Wendy Mosher (President & CEO)

October 2019: Supply Side West 2019 Event Sponsor and CBD From Seed to Shelf Summit – Speakers – Wendy Mosher (President & CEO) & Dr. John McKay (Director of Genetics)

August 2019: Women in Agribusiness Ag Innovation Hour – Speaker – Daphne Preuss (Chief Business Officer)

August 2019: American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) Plant Biology 2019 – Speaker – Dr John McKay (Director of Genetics)

July 2019: World Congress on Industrial Biotech Hemp Panel Discussion – Chair – Daphne Preuss (Chief Business Officer), Speaker – Dr John McKay (Director of Genetics)

June 2019: ASTA conference “Hemp regulations: Exemplary State Programs” – Moderator – Wendy Mosher (President & CEO), Speaker – Rich Fletcher (Director of Breeding)

June 2019: Society for In Vitro Biology (SIVB) Meeting – Speaker – Dr. John McKay (Director of Genetics)

May 2019: BMO Farm to Market Conference – Speakers – Wendy Mosher (President & CEO) & Dr. John McKay (Director of Genetics)

March 2019: NoCo Hemp Expo 6 – Event Sponsor, Exhibitor and Speakers – Dr. John McKay (Director of Genetics), Wendy Mosher (President & CEO) and Frank Curtis (Director of Operations)

March 2019: Colorado Public Television 12 (CPT12) – The Cannabis Project – Featuring, Wendy Mosher (President & CEO)

February 2019: 2019 Southern Rocky Mountain Agricultural Conference & Trade Fair – Hemp Production and Markets – Speaker, Dr. John McKay (Director of Genetics)

January 2019: Agrifood Conversations – Genetics, Breeding and Production Solutions for High-Quality Hemp – Webinar, Wendy Mosher (President & CEO) and Dr. John McKay (Director of Genetics)

July 2017: International Brewers Symposium on Hop Flavor and Aroma in Beer – Terpenes derived from hemp as a potential beer flavoring tool – Speaker, Dr. John McKay (Director of Genetics)

January 2016: http://www.coloradofarmshow.com/

July 2016: https://www.crops.org/meetings/hemp-meeting/tour

July 2015, September 2016: https://arcviewgroup.com/events/newyork/

April 2015, 2016: http://nocohempexpo.com/speakers/john-mckay/

February 2016: http://womengrow.com/lightningtalks2016/

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