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Hemp Processing Facility Update and U.S. Hemp Industry Updates
Hemp Processing Facility Update and U.S. Hemp Industry Updates.
About this update from Hemp, Inc.
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n Hemp Processing Facility Update and U.S. Hemp Industry Updates\n \n \nHemp Processing Facility Update and U.S. Hemp Industry Updates\n \n LAS VEGAS, NV--(Marketwired - Mar 4, 2016) -  Hemp, Inc.'s (OTC PINK: HEMP) wholly owned subsidiary, Industrial Hemp Manufacturing, LLC is in the final stages of completing its mill and decortication facility in North Carolina. David Schmitt, COO of Industrial Hemp Manufacturing, LLC, is \"cautiously optimistic\" that the 60-foot steel storage silo will be erected next week. Spring Hope's rainfall during the last 60 days hindered progress on the silo. According to Schmitt, the wet soil was too soft to hold 2,100-ton cranes on site to perform the work needed for the installation. In Hemp, Inc.'s new video update, you can see the concrete being poured for the 60x16x2-ft thick silo pad near the end of the video. Although there was almost a month delay for the foundation, due to rain as mentioned above, crews are relentlessly moving forward through rain sleet or snow to finish North America's largest hemp processing facility. Nothing can stop the hemp revolution.\n Workers have also spent a great deal of the last couple of weeks preparing to finish the harvesting of the Kenaf crop. \"If the weather permits, we will begin baling the Kenaf and will start transporting it to our warehouse late next week.\" The truck scale has also been purchased and is being installed to weigh incoming loads of Kenaf. Per Schmitt, the scale is set to be operable prior to bringing in the harvest.\n Due to excessive rainfall, progress was delayed about a month, however, weather permitting, the company is expecting the scale to be operational by the end of next week. \"We have a lot of excavating to do on-site for the scale and there's quite a bit of concrete to pour,\" says Schmitt.\n Aside from the weather setbacks, Schmitt has continued to make progress on the electrical wiring of the Temafa decortication line as well as all of the machinery for the milling operation. \"Our engineering firm has completed all of the engineering drawings for the milling operation and will start fabricating the few components needed to finish the installation. Once the milling operation is online, we will immediately begin manufacturing our Drillwall loss circulation materia...