Developed by Cornell, US-grown low-THC hemp planting seed for fiber farmers

rechem supplies this seed. Say the field is for fiber, and name the buyer if you already have one. The genetics were developed at Cornell. The planting seed rechem ships for this page is grown in the United States.

The published cultivar is Ursa Alta. The Cornell Chronicle reports that Larry Smart and colleagues at Cornell AgriTech in Geneva, New York, bred it, that it was grown on Cornell farms, and that it consistently tests at about 0.02 percent THC. New York's hemp limit, in that same account, is 0.3 percent. Condor Seeds in Yuma, Arizona, holds a commercial license from Cornell and is selling the planting seed. That is a US seed crop. The Chronicle contrasts it with fiber seed from China that often exceeds the THC limit, and with European cultivars Smart says it has outyielded.

What low-THC means on a fiber farm

Low-THC is a measured trace under the hemp limit. It is not zero. Ursa Alta's published figure is about 0.02 percent, which is compliant and still detectable. A lot selected so the test does not detect THC is a different page: Developed by Cornell, US-grown zero-THC hemp planting seed for fiber farmers.

Fiber is a stand of stalks. The THC test still applies. Do I need a license to grow hemp? is the record, including total delta-9 THC at or under 0.3 percent. The Hemp Fiber and Grain Association textile standard uses that same bar, on a sample taken within 30 days before harvest. Planting certified seed, and telling the state program, is how HFGA says many states cut the cannabinoid testing back. Keep the bag tags.

Fiber, not grain

Ursa Alta is a fiber cultivar. The Chronicle describes long outer fiber for textiles such as denim, and the woody core for bedding and construction. Do not plant it because a grain buyer liked the name. Grain farmers who want a Cornell-developed low-THC lot should read Developed by Cornell, US-grown low-THC hemp planting seed for grain farmers. The crop after the seed is Hemp fiber planting chemistry. The band on the map is Fiber. The solution page is Hemp fiber.

What this page will not invent

The variety name, the lot number, and the state where that lot was increased belong on the bag. This page reports what Cornell has published about Ursa Alta. It does not publish a seeding rate, a yield, or a claim that rechem is Condor Seeds. Order the seed from How do I get hemp seed?. The wider genetics note is What hemp genetics can I plant?. The chemistry on that seed is Organic seed and planting chemistry. rechem is a Heartland company. The breeding program is Cornell Hemp.