2024 SPECIAL SECTION HEMP PRODUCTION ADVICE FOR HEALTHY HEMP A hemp Extension specialist covers pest problems for indoor growers and gives tips to grow better hemp BY HEATHER MACHOVINA H emp is a relatively new commercial crop and growers throughout the country continue to develop best practices for indoor and outdoor growing. Marguerite Bolt grew up on a specialty crop farm, has a bachelor's in entomology and conducted research in hemp-insect interactions while earning her masters degrees in entomology as well. She is now pursuing her Ph.D. in agronomy and is the hemp Extension specialist in the Department of Agronomy at Purdue University. 22 | MARCH 2024 * HEMP PRODUCTION Photos courtesy of Purdue University.