VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 13, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CROP Infrastructure Corp. (CSE:CROP) (OTC:CRXPF) (“CROP” or the “Company”) announces that its tenant grower “The Hempire Company, LLC” has been issued a formal Nevada hemp licence covering all 240 pivoted acres of CROP’s Nye County, Nevada farm. Planting has been completed on 120 acres and is now underway on an additional 120 acres, consisting of only approved organic and natural materials in agriculture production in order to be deemed an Organic operation.
The Nye County agricultural Hemp farm is located in central Nevada and was selected for its temperate climate which is ideal for greenhouse and outdoor growing. The property totals over 315 acres and includes 300 acres of private water rights, with 240 acres under automatic irrigation pivots that also have automatic fertilizer injection systems installed.
The genetics selected, BaOx and Cherry BaOX have a THC content of <0.3% and a CBD content of >15%. It is estimated that the 240 acre pivots will yield 240,000 pounds of hemp flower. Cost of production is not expected to exceed $700,000 USD. The first harvest is expected in early Q4 this year.
Nevada hemp growers surveyed by Marijuana Business Daily report that the market is fetching:
- $200 or more per pound for flower, depending on CBD content and quality
- Approximately $10 per pound of food-grade seed, or $45 per gallon for seed oil
- Approximately $200 per ton of baled fiber
- Approximately $10,000 per Kg of CBD isolate
CROP Infrastructure Director and CEO, Michael Yorke stated: “Our licensed tenant Hempire has doubled the planned hemp growing acreage from 120 acres to 240 acres for the last crop of the 2018 season. This is great news for our fourth quarter projections; we are now expecting Q3 & Q4 tenant harvest in all 4 jurisdictions where the company is present: California, Nevada, Washington State and Italy.”
About CROP Crop Infrastructure Corp. is publicly listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange and trades under the symbol “CROP” and in the US under the symbol “CRXPF”. CROP is primarily engaged in the business of investing, constructing, owning and leasing greenhouse projects as part of the provision of turnkey real estate solutions for lease-to-licensed cannabis producers and processors offering best-in-class operations. The Company’s portfolio of projects includes cultivation properties in California and Washington State, Nevada, Italy and a joint venture on West Hollywood and San Bernardino dispensary applications. CROP has developed a portfolio of 15 Cannabis brands and also has US and Italian distribution rights to a line of over 55 cannabis topical products from The Yield Growth Corp.
Company Contact Michael Yorke – CEO & Director E-mail: info@cropcorp.com Website: www.cropcorp.com Phone: (604) 484-4206
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