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Hemp (Cannabis sativa L) is a plant whose use is expanding in countless industries. Given that there are many facilities to purchase hemp now, it is important for growers to produce the best quality product for processing. In this article, different conditioning solutions (cleaning, sorting and storage) and technical equipment are analysed in order to obtain high quality seed material or raw materials for industrial hemp processing. The quality of a crop, as well as of the products obtained after processing, crucially depends on maintaining a favourable climate during the storage period, maintaining the physical and chemical properties of the seeds resulting from the harvest. Noncompliance with the rules cancel the good practices applied by farmers during each stage prior to this time. Seed damage is associated with genotype, history and physical and chemical compositions. Hemp seed can be dried to a low moisture content and stored at low temperature for several years. In order to process, store and capitalize the seeds for sowing, immediately after harvest, must be maintained the properties of biological value, of improvement and maintenance of those of cultural value, of carrying out appropriate treatments against diseases and pests, of packaging and labelling the seeds according to destination and the provisions of the regulations in force, to periodically analyse the seeds in accredited laboratories and to deliver or use them only on the basis of quality certificates or analysis bulletins. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper presents a mobile system for the production of electricity from alternative sources (solar + wind) which is intended for use in any isolated place, where there is no possibility to connect to an electricity grid, to ensure the electricity needed by various consumers in agricultural applications and agricultural crop monitoring, remote transmission and management services. At the same time, this mobile system, which is an ecological and economical electricity generator, can be used in the following locations without electricity: holiday homes, cottages, sheep farms, farms, greenhouses, caravans, bee trailers, boarding houses, monasteries, etc. The results of the research allow useful recommendations for farmers who want to use alternative energy sources in isolated farms, to reduce dependence on volatile and uncertain fossil fuel markets, especially oil and gas ones. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]