47. Reverse-engineering the Hemp Cultivation and Post-Harvest Process to Determine Your Infrastructural Capacity w/ Josh Ludgate

When it comes to understanding how many acres one should grow as a hemp farmer, two of the most important questions to ask oneself is:  1. Will I have a buyer or biomass purchase agreement for my crop, before I intend to plant it?  2. How much infrastructural capacity (harvest equipment, drying or curing capacity, mechanization) do I have? The second question is to make oneself think long and hard about the scale of cultivation they can ultimately handle.  How many acres of crop can I adequately dry and process to a marketable form, with my current infrastructure, is a crucial question to answer before determining the actual acreage to plant in 2020.  Josh Ludgate, Co-owner of Natural Bridge Farm and Natural Bridge Products, and I dive deep into the topic of reverse-engineering the hemp cultivation and post-harvest process to determine your infrastructural capacity.  Josh and I had quite the conversation and it includes much more than what is described above.  Could not be more grateful to have had this conversation with Josh.  Grateful for all of you listeners as well!  Until next time, #startcleanstayclean  

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