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

rechem supplies US-grown, Cornell-developed zero-THC planting seed for fiber farmers. Zero-THC, here, means the lot was bred so the genes that produce THC are absent, and a test of that lot does not detect THC. It is not a polite name for a low reading.

Cornell has published both results, and they are not the same cultivar story. The Cornell Chronicle describes Larry Smart's lab screening seedlings with molecular markers and discarding the ones that still carry THC-producing genes. That same story then reports a released fiber cultivar, Ursa Alta, at about 0.02 percent THC. That 0.02 percent lot is low-THC. It is written up in Developed by Cornell, US-grown low-THC hemp planting seed for fiber farmers. The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research separately reports that Cornell's newer marker-assisted cultivars are showing undetectable THC, with work aimed at fiber as well as grain. Undetectable is the bar this page uses for zero-THC.

Why a fiber buyer would ask for zero

A fiber crop is still tested. The hemp line, and the HFGA textile standard, is total delta-9 THC at or under 0.3 percent. A zero-THC lot sits inside that line, as a 0.02 percent lot also does. The reason to ask for zero is a buyer, or a border, that does not want a detectable cannabinoid in the seed that produced the stalk. rechem's seed selection is low-THC and no-THC seed, chosen for international compliance. This page is the no-THC fiber lot. It does not add a foreign statute the company has not cited.

The stand those genetics are for is still a fiber stand. Read Hemp fiber planting chemistry, then Do I need a license to grow hemp?. The map band is Fiber. The solution page is Hemp fiber.

US-grown planting seed

The planting seed rechem ships for this page is grown in the United States. Cornell's breeding sits at AgriTech in Geneva, New York, and in the US trials FFAR describes. The Chronicle's commercial seed increase in Yuma, Arizona, is the license for Ursa Alta, the low-THC fiber cultivar. Do not read that Arizona field as the automatic increase for a zero-THC lot. The production state is the one on your tag. The program page is Cornell Hemp.

Grain farmers who need a non-detect lot should read Developed by Cornell, US-grown zero-THC hemp planting seed for grain farmers. Order from How do I get hemp seed?. The genetics overview is What hemp genetics can I plant?. What goes on the seed after the variety is chosen is Organic seed and planting chemistry. rechem is a Heartland company.