The sky is not falling.

There’s no fox in the henhouse.

There’s no blood in the water (yet).

However, there is no shortage of speculation taking place in the hemp industry these days. Whether you’re a seasoned veteran or a fresh face to the hemp and cannabis industry, we’re all facing the same type of risk right now. We are entering harvest season in the U.S. for the 2019 crop, and everyone is wondering how the market will react.

Let’s get one thing straight: Nobody knows all the answers and numbers. We’re all making educated (and sometimes not so educated) assumptions about acreage, failures, yields, and percentages.