Commercial Outdoor Grows Will be Legal by Year End Says Ottawa

gb123

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Health Canada is expected to announce new regulations this week that will permit large scale outdoor growing facilities, according to an article in the Globe and Mail (paywall).

Prior to this announcement, licensed producers were required to grow marijuana in covered greenhouses or indoors.

Allowing outdoor cultivation is yet another sign the government is trying to make it easier for new producers to enter the recreational market come October 17th.

Though too late in the season for the changes to influence legal grows this year, the regulation change could have a big impact on where marijuana destined for the recreational market is grown in 2019.

Massive greenhouses no longer the low cost way to grow bud
Licensed producers have committed millions to building greenhouse facilities under the assumption they were the cheapest allowable way to grow marijuana.

This announcement by Ottawa now opens the playing field to smaller craft growers and provides more options to licensed producers outside of constructing large scale greenhouses.

According to licensed producer Canntrust Holdings Inc, growing Marijuana indoors costs about about $2.00 per gram compared to greenhouse costs of $1.00 per gram and expected outdoor growing costs of only $0.25 per gram.

Building a massive greenhouse, to take advantage of economies of scale, is no longer the only way to produce marijuana competitively.

Growing costs of $0.25 may seem low, but studies have found that costs in North America can fall as low as $0.05 per gram with large scale outdoor cultivation.

Security and health standards will be maintained
According to Deepak Anand, vice-president of a leading cannabis compliance firm, the government’s security requirement will likely remain the same as for indoor cultivation.

Also thought to remain unchanged will be the government prohibition of many common pesticides used for growing in the black market.

Licensed producers can now depend on lower growing costs, but will still have to maintain robust security to protect from theft and must adhere to Health Canada growing standards.

Democratizing marijuana supply
Approval of outdoor cultivation is yet another signal that Ottawa is looking to decrease the cost of entry for anyone looking to grow marijuana under the new legal framework.

Making sure there is a robust legal supply chain serves the purpose of ensuring the legal market can push out the black market, a major policy goal.

Outdoor cultivation is also the most environmentally sustainable way to grow marijuana and could become a selling point to customers who value sustainability.

As a result of these new regulations, the cost of entry into this fast growing industry just got a little lower.
 

The Hippy

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Gonna be a lot of fields of basically sub par junk weed ....hahahahaha
Canadian outdoor growing looks pretty risky to me. Who wants that shit to smoke....not many.
Yes strip it of THC but how much of that is needed. Most folks i know don't want concentrates...too strong they say.
If the whole country dabbed.....then nice...otherwise...lol......good luck.
 

The Hippy

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They can’t grow good weed indoors with multi million dollar facilities but they are gonna get good product from outdoor in Canada.
You’d swear no one that works at these places even knows anyone that actually grows.
You see the light.......idiots contemplating what they know nothing about.
Not to mention ...how much weed do they think we need.

Anyone else notice they can't GET PASSED trying to fuck us and the BM over enough. Every new plans is to squash the BM....I told you guys..they want a war.
 

redi jedi

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growing costs of only $0.25 per gram.>>??




per pound

bunch of fools lol:idea::weed::hump:
How long does it take you to trim a lb? Even using a machine that might trim a few lbs per hour and the dude running the machine makes minimum wage...
 

gb123

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How long does it take you to trim a lb? Even using a machine that might trim a few lbs per hour and the dude running the machine makes minimum wage...
oudoor doesnt get trimmed..not mine anyway..just goes right into meds!
As for industry? its even cheaper
It is funny though they allow outdoor growing now that the LP's have dropped millions on greenhouses...lol...suckers!
by right their indoor should be better//but we alll know it equates to poorly grown outdoor with TONS of pesticides:idea: BOTH will have it now!!
 

VIANARCHRIS

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I guess there goes the requirement for rec users gardens to be out of view of the public. No way these guys are going to hide that large a grow from anyone who drives by - rec users should not be held to higher standards. I need to invent a seed broadcaster to mount on my drone....I can almost see Tilray from here....
 

zoic

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Brilliant!. I used to sell PTO's and I was amazed at what some folks did with them. Make sure you get a patent. :blsmoke:
 

Farmer.J

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Ive been looking at building a large press myself...a few hundred ton. Maybe put it on a trailer for mobile press service?
Yeah dude I would have it like a pull behind log splitter ran off the power take off on a farm tractor. 24"x48" plates lol
40 P's/squish
 
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