Our 2026 Hemp Harvest Is Complete

The last plants are in, the drying rooms have done their job, and our 2026 hemp harvest is officially complete.

It’s been a good season at Western MA Hemp. After months of tending the fields and bringing in each variety at its harvest time, the entire crop is now indoors and dry. The work has shifted from the field to the next stage of preparing the flower we use to make our hemp extracts.

Right now, we’re bucking the dried flower from its branches and setting it aside to cure for another few weeks. It’s a quieter part of the season, but there’s still plenty happening behind the scenes.

From the First Harvest to the Last Plants

When we shared our first hemp harvest of 2026, we were just getting started. That first harvest marked the beginning of several weeks of bringing plants in from the fields, with our Lifter and CBG varieties following later in the month.

Those later harvests are now complete, too.

Harvest season comes in stages. Different varieties reach their harvest point at different times, and each round brings another set of plants to cut, move indoors, and hang in our atmosphere-controlled drying facility.

We hand-harvested this year’s crop, working our way through the plants as each variety was ready. Now, with everything brought in and dried, we can turn our attention fully to preparing the harvested flower.

Seeing the entire crop safely indoors is a satisfying milestone. The plants we spent the growing season caring for are now moving through the next steps here at the farm.

All the Plants Are Dry

After harvesting, we hung the plants in our atmosphere-controlled facility for drying.

That stage takes approximately 7–14 days in our process. With the final plants now dry, the whole harvest has moved beyond that initial drying period.

Hanging the plants allows us to dry them before removing the flower from the branches. It also keeps the work organized around the way we bring the crop in: harvest a variety, hang it to dry, then move it into the next stage when it’s ready.

For anyone following the season through our photos, this is the transition you’re seeing now. The rooms that filled with freshly harvested plants have become the setting for the next round of work.

We covered the distinction between these stages in Why Drying and Curing Hemp Matter. Here at the farm, that process is now underway with this year’s harvest.

Separating the Flower From the Branches

With all the plants now dry, we’re bucking the harvest—removing the dried flower from its branches and larger stems.

The flower is the part of the plant we use to make our hemp extracts. It holds the greatest concentration of the cannabinoid- and terpene-rich resin we’re growing these plants for.

The branches gave us a practical way to handle and hang the plants during drying. Now, we’re separating out the flower and setting it to cure for another few weeks before it moves on to extraction.

It’s one of those farm terms that sounds more complicated than the task itself. If you’ve ever looked at a room full of hanging hemp and wondered how it becomes the starting material for our extracts, bucking is a major part of that transition.

That is where we are now with this year’s crop: the plants are dry, and the flower is coming off the branches.

Another Few Weeks to Cure

Once the flower has been bucked, we’re setting it to cure for another few weeks.

Drying and curing are separate stages in our process. The initial drying period brings the freshly harvested plants to the point where we can begin this next round of preparation. Curing gives the dried flower additional time before we consider it ready for extraction.

That means the end of harvest isn’t the same as having every part of the new crop ready immediately.

There’s a natural temptation to move quickly once the fields are finished and the drying rooms are full. We’ve spent months growing these plants, though, and we’re giving the flower the time we’ve planned for this stage.

For now, the schedule is straightforward: finish bucking the dried flower, move it into curing, and allow another few weeks for that process.

After curing, that flower will become the starting material for our subcritical CO₂ extraction process—the next step in carrying this year’s harvest into our hemp products.

A Different Kind of Busy at the Farm

The rhythm of the work changes after harvest.

During the growing season, our attention is outside. As harvest approaches, the days revolve around the plants in the field and getting each round brought indoors. Once drying is complete, the work becomes more contained and detailed.

There are fewer plants standing in the field, but plenty of flower still moving through preparation.

That’s the part of the season we wanted to share with you this week. The harvest is over, the entire crop is dry, and we’re working through the flower one stage at a time.

Thank you for following along through another growing season and supporting the work we do here in Western Massachusetts. We’ll keep sharing updates as this year’s flower moves through curing and we get closer to what comes next.

Harvest Update: Quick Questions

Is the entire 2026 hemp crop harvested?

Yes. All of our plants have been brought indoors, including the later Lifter and CBG harvests.

Are the plants still drying?

The initial drying stage is complete. All the plants are now dry.

What does bucking mean?

Bucking means removing the dried hemp flower from its branches and larger stems before curing.

Which part of the hemp plant do you use for extraction?

We use the flower, where the plant’s cannabinoid- and terpene-rich resin is most concentrated.

What happens next?

The bucked flower is being set to cure for another few weeks before it moves on to extraction.