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Industrial Hemp PodcastAuthor: Eric Hurlock, Digital Editor
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Hemp in 2025: Cliff Hangers, Course Corrections and Community
Episode 48
Tuesday, 30 December, 2025
2025 was a year of uncertainty, contradiction and recalibration for the hemp industry. In this year-end episode of the Lancaster Farming Industrial Hemp Podcast, host Eric Hurlock looks back on a season defined by policy whiplash, shifting definitions and hard conversations about what hemp is — and what it is not. From rumors of executive action and the collapse of intoxicating hemp loopholes to the rescheduling of marijuana and its ripple effects across agriculture, the year ended with more questions than answers. The episode revisits key voices from across the hemp landscape — policy advocates, farmers, processors, builders and researchers — and reflects on what the USDA data, federal decisions and on-the-ground realities revealed about the fiber, grain and building sectors. It's also a personal moment of reflection: Nearly 50 episodes, roughly 160 guests and a year spent listening closely to the people doing the slow work of building real hemp infrastructure. As the show heads into 2026, this episode pauses long enough to take stock — and to set the stage for what comes next. Get the Benton Shirt: https://smithandrogue.com/blog/the-benton-shirt-grown-and-sewn-in-usa Voices You Will Hear in This Episode Morris Beegle NoCo Hemp Expo Joy Beckerman Hemp Industries Association Chris Fontes High Spirits Cameron McIntosh Americhanvre Cast Hemp Morgan Tweet IND HEMP Jeremy Klettke Davis Hemp Farms Lynda Mugglestone University of Oxford Guy Carpenter Bear Fiber Andre West NC State Wilson College of Textiles Larry Smart Cornell University Trey Riddle IND HEMP Sandra Marquardt On the Mark Consulting Coleman Beale BastCore Satish Hodage YUJ Labs Ding Hongliang Hemp Fortex Maciej Kowalski Kombinat Konopny Dave Cook Tuscarora Mills Mark D'Sa Panda Biotech Joseph Carringer Canna Markets Group Micaela Machado Old Pueblo Hemp Co. Danny Desjarlais Lower Sioux Indian Community Matt Marino Homeland Hempcrete Steve Allin International Hemp Building Association Jacob Waddell Hemp Building Institute Thanks to our Sponsors IND HEMP indhemp.com Americhanvre Cast Hemp americhanvre.com King's AgriSeeds kingsagriseeds.com Forever Green hempcutter.com Sunray Hemp Palmer, Alaska National Hemp Association nationalhempassociation.org Hemp Education & Marketing Initiative (HEMI) hempinitiatives.org
