Hemp farmers are taking a shot in the dark as they start preparing their farms for the 2026 planting season.

If Congress does not take any action to reverse the hemp ban passed as part of the funding legislation to end the November 2025 government shutdown, the hemp industry as it is today will become obsolete, leaving hemp farmers nowhere to sell their harvest.

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