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- Hemp Farming Remains Flat
According to a recent report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the amount of hemp farmed in the U.S. in 2023 stayed pretty much the same as before, with about 19,500 acres harvested. This report, from the USDA’s Farm Service Agency, shows that farmers planted a total of 22,248 acres of hemp across the country last year.
Comparing to the year before, in 2022, about 20,711 acres were planted. This figure was later updated to 28,314 acres by more detailed statistics from the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistical Service in April 2023. Out of those acres, it was reported that 64% or 18,251 acres of the hemp fields were actually harvested.
Using the same kind of math for 2023, it looks like farmers might have planted around 30,000 acres and harvested around 19,500 of those, based on estimates from HempToday.
Hemp Benchmarks, an analyst group, noted that the farming of hemp for fiber saw a big jump in 2023, going over 10,000 acres, up from 6,850 acres the year before. This marks the first time since the 2018 Farm Bill was passed that fiber hemp farming outpaced the cultivation of flowers for CBD and other cannabinoids.
The report didn’t specify how much hemp was planted for cannabinoids/CBD hemp creams in 2023 but mentioned that this area saw a big drop in production. In 2022, 7,105 acres of flowers were harvested for this purpose.
Farming for hemp grain stayed about the same at 5,000 acres in 2023, similar to the previous year, according to Hemp Benchmarks.
The leading states for growing hemp for cannabinoids in 2023 were Kentucky, Oregon, and California. For hemp fiber and grain, Montana, South Dakota, and Idaho were the top producers. These three states nearly made up half of the total fiber acreage in the U.S. and three-fourths of the total for grain.
If these 2023 estimates are accurate, it shows that the amount of harvested hemp fields has leveled out at around 20,000 acres. This comes after a huge drop from the peak in 2019, when nearly 90,000 acres were harvested. The initial rush into hemp farming, especially for CBD flowers, didn’t meet the expected demand, leaving a lot of farmers and investors with unsold products and a significant drop in prices.
After a nearly 50% decrease in harvested fields from 2021 to 2022, falling to 18,251 acres, these numbers suggest a stabilization in the industry. The USDA will release final data on 2023’s hemp production in April.