- The
rising global popularity of cannabidiol as a wellness product is leading
market forecasts of revenues up to $22 billion by 2022 and $50 billion or
more by the end of the next decade
- The
market optimism is fueling hopes for ancillary market players as well,
such as hydroponics equipment supplier Sugarmade Inc.
- Sugarmade
announced this month that it will enter the hemp CBD extraction equipment
market, drawing on access to advanced Chinese extraction technologies
The health and wellness market sector for cannabidiol (CBD)
products continues to grow at such a pace that analysts at the Brightfield
Group predict that revenues could reach $22 billion per year by 2022 and, per
various Wall Street estimates, approach $50 billion or even $75 billion by
2029-30, as noted in a media report carried by Nasdaq (http://ibn.fm/5Wlme).
The potency of CBD’s sales estimates are encouraging
to Sugarmade Inc. (OTCQB: SGMD), which announced this month that
it is expanding on its hydroponics supply model for the agriculture industry to
enter the hemp extraction equipment and technologies market (http://ibn.fm/RIIAy). In
addition to supplying “legacy extraction equipment to extraction companies,”
Sugarmade plans to begin distribution of “next generation extraction
technologies developed in the Chinese province of Yunnan where the hemp
industry has existed for more than a thousand years,” CEO Jimmy Chan stated in
a news release.
The proprietary Chinese technologies hold the promise of
increasing the efficiency of production processes used in hemp cultivation and
extraction – the primary source of CBD – at a time when hemp cultivation is
enjoying a resurgent popularity in the United States in tandem with federal
legalization under last year’s Farm Bill (http://ibn.fm/W0vuh).
“It is clear the 2019 and 2020 hemp cultivation seasons will
be massive,” Chan added. “Our staff has done extensive research into the
fast-growing hemp industry. We continue to see an imbalance between
cultivation outputs and extraction capacities within the industry. This
leads us to believe the market for extraction services and the equipment required
by these extraction companies will continue to accelerate.”
The company cites U.S. Department of Agriculture forecasts
anticipating that farm production will generally decrease nationwide, while
hemp production is expected to defy the trend as states such as Kentucky,
Colorado, Oregon and North Dakota report sizable increases in hemp acreage and
applications to begin cultivating hemp. In April, Kentucky’s state agriculture
commissioner told a CNBC news reporter that he expects the number of hemp acres
in Kentucky to increase from 16,000 to 50,000 this year, with a corresponding
increase in applications for hemp cultivation (http://ibn.fm/e0Qsq).
Sugarmade has been building on an agreement with Kentucky-based
hemp cultivator Hempistry Inc. to deliver resources for plant micropropagation
work. Micropropagation involves cloning or “propagating” new hemp plants from
existing “mother” plants that demonstrate superior qualities. A lot of North
America’s hemp is grown using propagation techniques instead of by planting new
seeds, which may carry greater risks of poor productivity. The propagation
technique also allows the company to harvest a large number of plants
simultaneously.
For more information, visit the company’s website at www.Sugarmade.com
NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates
relating to SGMD are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/SUGAR
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