Hemp fiber segment making inroads into various industries

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Hemp fiber segment making inroads into various industries

The 2024 Montana Hemp Summit occurred last week in Great Falls, Montana. Hosted by Ft. Benton-based

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, Fastmarkets has attended for several years now to learn what’s new in this emerging cluster of production and processing.

The annual conference is a useful means to measure progress for this cohort of first movers that includes IND Hemp, their hemp fiber processing capacity, contracted growers, and buyers like Hempitecture, producing non-woven insulating materials.

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