ME166-WEB - Understanding Hemp and Cannabis A-Z

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Webinar Course Description

The rapidly changing legalization and production practices are challenging even experts to understand the current state of the industry. This webinar will show the extent of changes in growing, harvesting, production facilities, and modern equipment that are utilized in this industry. The recent legalization is unleashing agricultural and industry research on the both hemp and cannabis with dramatic changes occurring in plant genetics, plant quality, growing practices and potential uses. All of these aspects of this rapidly changing field will be covered to better educate the valuation profession on where value is being created and where it is being destroyed.

Course Audience

Anybody interested in learning more about hemp/cannabis, its production and the systems involved.

Instructor Information

Richard W. Gilmore , FASA | SVP | Agvisory

Dick Gilmore ARA, FRICS, FASA is a designated real property appraiser and machinery equipment expert who performs financial and banking consulting nationwide. He is valuation expert and regularly teaches valuation courses and Conservation Easement Valuation course for AI and ASA, ASFMRA. He works in specialized agricultural property valuation and consulting. Dick operates Agvisory LLC from Charlton Mass. Agvisory is a national agricultural valuation firm that also performs appraisal reviews for banks and financial institutions and also provides consulting to agribusiness nationwide.

Agenda

The following topics are covered in this course:

• Introduction into the plant, its genome and its development
• Growing practices: outdoor, indoor greenhouse versus grow room
• Equipment and automation
• Industry changes from vertical integration to food to fiber
• Valuation challenges for the professional valuer

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course,students will be able to:

• Describe the evolution of hemp and cannabis from illegal to legal;
• Identify the changing growing,harvesting and genetic technologies;
• Examine the industry dynamics, its profitability, its winners and losers; and
• Present the current value drivers, and show the current asset value of various components of this industry.