The Nation’s First and Largest Hemp Public Auction
The Most Important Hemp Event of the Year – November 19-21, 2019
The Southern Hemp Marketplace (SHM), LLC announced in September that it will be hosting the largest gathering of professionals in the hemp industry. In November the organization will bring together the industries farmers, growers, traders, and processors for the first annual International Hemp Auction Market in Franklin, Tennessee.
The Williamson County Ag Expo, where the event is to be held, is expected to turn over more than one million pounds of hemp products at the three day event. This is a hefty goal set by SHM that is quite possibly attainable as the event is shaping up to be quite successful with a Holiday Hemp and CBD Market event already in the works.
Where
The Williamson County Ag Expo Park in Franklin, TN now being affectionately deemed the Hemp Heartland.
4215 Long Ln, Franklin, TN 37064
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When
November 19-21, 2019
Three days packed with live auction and sales by vendors.
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What
The nation’s first and largest hemp auction will take place this Fall in Franklin, Tennessee. The International Hemp Auction & Market (IHAM) will be hosted by the Southern Hemp Marketplace (SHM), LLC has started selling tickets September 16, 2019 to host 1,000 plus farmers, processors, and traders.1
The organization has set a hefty goal of processing over one million pounds of hemp. The growing season is wrapping up and it became clear that there was a need for a selling and trading platform for this booming industry.
SHM has dedicated a portion of the proceeds to fund support for legislation of the legalization of hemp products. There will be third party potency testing on site for purchasers by Eurofins.2
Products Available Include:
- Hemp Biomass – Will require third-party testing Certificate of Analysis (COA)
- Smokable Hemp Flower – Will require third-party testing Certificate of Analysis (COA)
- CBD Blends – Will require third-party COA to verify products are less than 0.3% THC, along with being pithing the permissible limits of pesticides and heavy metals.
- CBD Isolate- Will require third-party COA to verify products are less than 0.3% THC, along with being pithing the permissible limits of pesticides and heavy metals.
- CBD Distillate- Will require third-party COA to verify products are less than 0.3% THC, along with being pithing the permissible limits of pesticides and heavy metals.
- CBD Crude Oil- Will require third-party COA to verify products are less than 0.3% THC, along with being pithing the permissible limits of pesticides and heavy metals.
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Upcoming Products & Events
- Holiday Hemp & CBD Market – Location and Time TBD
- Live Products – Seeds, Seedlings, Mothers, and Clones. IHAM will not be allowing the selling of Live Products at this year’s auction, but sellers are encouraged to register as a vendor for a booth in the Holiday CBD Market
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Admission to the event is still available at affordable prices for the whole family. Children twelve and under get in free, those 13 to 17 cost $9.01, and ages 18 and up can enter for $13.76. Admission gets you unlimited entry for the three day event, ability to see the latest hemp products first-hand, learn about up and coming products, and support hemp legislation and regulation.
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Buyer Registration involves a three step process; application, approval, registration payment.
Application – Requires company info including name, address, and direct contact. The company will have to provide bank information at the application step for money transfer from sales. Finally, the type of product being sold has to be included.
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Sponsors –
- Eurofins – Top Sponsor
- Ionization Labs – Top Sponsor
- Optimara – Champion Sponsor
- New River Botanicals – Executive Sponsor
- Tiny Mighty Communications – Advocate Sponsor
- Info Code – Advocate Sponsor
- McLaughlin – Advocate Sponsor
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Southern Hemp Marketplace (SHM) contact info:
320 Huntsville Industrial Drive
Huntsville, Tennessee 37756
If you’re unable to attend this ground breaking event, be sure to keep up-to-date with what takes place. As the hemp industry evolves at a rapid pace it is vital to develop a resource for sellers and purchasers alike. This event is sure to draw the nation’s top players from smallest to greatest in the industrial hemp market.
