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Is cash at your dispensary becoming too much of a distraction?

Is cash at your dispensary becoming too much of a distraction? Using automation and cash recyclers to improve efficiency and the customer experience. As cannabis sales skyrocket, and legalization movements continue to gain serious support, one thing remains clear when it comes to most dispensaries…cash is still king, and inefficient cash operations are almost a guarantee. Most dispensary managers spend…

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How To Protect Hemp Plants From Deer Browsing.

By Jennifer Smith, Deerbusters Deer Fence With the arrival of spring, outdoor hemp cultivators are excited to begin planting hemp seeds. Like other types of agriculturists, hemp growers face concerns about how they can protect their cash crop from deer browsing – after all, spring is prime season for deer movement; and they are hungry to eat all sorts of…

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Eliminating Microbials in Marijuana

Eliminating Microbials in Marijuana If you’re in the cannabis industry, then it’s likely that microbial testing is a common term in your vocabulary. Specifically, testing for microbials in marijuana refers to the identification and restriction of dangerous microorganisms, such as pathogens, bacteria, yeast, E.coli, Aspergillus, and their byproducts. Like any agricultural product, cannabis is susceptible to microorganisms that could potentially…

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Michigan dispensaries, improve online ordering during Coronavirus

Dispensaries are taking steps to ensure that patients, customers, and employees stay safe and healthy during COVID-19 pandemic with online hemp ordering in Michigan. Some dispensaries are regularly disinfecting door handles, countertops, and touchscreens, and limiting the number of people in the waiting room and in the dispensary. It is essential that dispensaries are ready to serve their customers who…

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Check Out New Cannabis Packaging Products from Technical Packaging

With the passing of Proposal 1, marijuana is now legal in Michigan and growers across the state are looking for cannabis packaging products. Passing by a comfortable margin, Michigan is the first state in the Midwest to pass such a bill. But, consumers and growers alike shouldn’t assume that marijuana will be available immediately. The state, aiming to get the…

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How Greenhouse Automation Can Assist In Social Distancing

Unless you’ve been living off the grid for the past month, you’re probably aware that the effects of the Covid-19 virus have changed our world as we know it. More and more companies are sending employees home to help stop the spread of the virus. This has led to uncertainty and leaves business owners searching for ways to manage without…

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Cultivation Facility Design Rules of Thumb

It’s hard to overstate the importance of effective cultivation facility design in the success of a commercial cannabis operation. That’s because world-class growers can only produce top-shelf flower if they’re working in a facility that adheres to a few key rules of thumb.

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The Evolution of Wholesale Cannabis – Looking at Distributors and Wholesalers

Wow! It’s crazy to have lived through and experienced the evolution of the cannabis industry first hand over the last 4 years. When we first started out, wholesale flew off the shelves (think Illinois today) and product was sold almost before it was even harvested or produced. Now, mature markets have seen surges in competition and often look for whatever…

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Abolish Drug Testing

Imagine this a hard-working union laborer, working diligently through their second shift of the day. He picked up some extra hours that their boss was happy to give, knowing he had his second child recently and closed on a three-bedroom ranch. His demeanor and go-getter attitude are exactly what will keep production on pace to meet the department quota at…

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