Marijuana Business Magazine April 2020

99 April 2020 | mjbizdaily.com Bart Schaneman covers extraction for Marijuana Business Magazine. You can reach him at barts@mjbizdaily.com . In-house Testing Anderson recommends testing the product for potency throughout the process. Testing can also include determining the loss rate to find out the amount of fats, waxes and lipids as well as tracking the terpene profile. Once a company has narrowed down which cultivars produce the desired potency and terpene profile, Anderson advised that extractors “talk to the farmer and say it’s in both of our best interests to grow this cultivar or strain,” he said. Murri concurs, saying a lot of growers don’t test enough during the harvest phase. “Test those buds every single day and wait to harvest until they produce the most (terpenes),” she said. She suggests doing the same for cannabinoid content. A lot of growers establish a schedule and cut down plants on a set day, but waiting a few more days might be the difference in yield of a whole percentage point in terms of resin and terpene production. Murri also tests the raw material for terpene profile and potency multiple times. “We put the labs to work for us,” she said. The lab results are one way Murri can demonstrate to a grower that one version of the Honey Banana strain is better than another, and it’s not subjective. For instance, one batch might have 26 different terpenes at 7% total terpene content versus 18 terpenes at 4% total content in another. “Then it’s very easy for me to say, ‘Here’s why, and do better,’” she said. “We can bring math into it.” Matt Anderson Courtesy Photo An intensely focused yet aptly mellow approach to cannabis M&A. 1592 Union Street, Suite 325 San Francisco, CA 94123 415-215-5227 BRE License # 01354419 Our sole focus is California’s cannabis industry, so we interact with more businesses here than any other investment bank. And that’s how we get deals done in California. See our completed deals: KOacq.com/transactions

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