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Delta AgroFiber in the press.

Features, interviews, and field updates on Louisiana's first seed-to-structure industrial hemp company.

Green Spotlight interview
Green Success Stories

Fighting climate change with industrial hemp and agricultural waste

CEO Shawn Ledig is featured in the Green Spotlight on regenerative agriculture, biochar, hempcrete, and seed-to-buyback programs, and a vision for a circular Gulf South supply chain.

Green Success Stories · Aug 2025Read the feature ↗

In the press

Coverage and interviews
Feature
Tangi Lifestyles

New industries reshaping Tangipahoa Parish

Delta AgroFiber featured as a pioneering new industry driving economic development and the future of hemp in Louisiana.

Oct 2025Read ↗
Video
AN17 News

A vision for non-consumable hemp

Local news video on Delta's seed-to-structure model and the many uses for industrial hemp beyond what most expect.

Sep 2025Watch ↗
Profile
Foundation for Community Resilience

Leadership profile: Shawn Ledig

A profile of Delta's work in bioplastics, biochar, and carbon-neutral materials, and the drive to reduce environmental impact.

Fast facts for media

500 ac
Producer Program target, 2026 season
$480/ac
Paid to growers, zero upfront seed cost
82%
King Gee 2 germination at our property
2.7 t
CO2 stored per tonne of biochar carbon

From the U.S. Hemp Building Association

Industry leadership
Code & standards
Standards

ASTM Committee Week in Dallas marks major progress for hemp construction standards

USHBA reports significant momentum on hemp construction standards coming out of ASTM Committee Week in Dallas.

Jun 2026Read ↗
From the president
President's letter

A letter from USHBA President Shawn Ledig

President Shawn Ledig shares his vision for the association and the year ahead for hemp building.

Jun 2026Read ↗
Project of the year
Awards

2025 Project of the Year winners

USHBA recognizes the standout hempcrete projects and builders of the year.

Dec 2025Read ↗

From the field

Updates from Delta
Producer Program
Growers

The 2026 Producer Program: 500 acres across the Gulf South

Proven cultivars at zero upfront seed cost, agronomic support, and a guaranteed purchase. Hemp as reliable rotational income.

Delta AgroFiberRead ↗
Field note
Crop update

King Gee 2 trials hit 82% germination

Strong early stand establishment on our property under Gulf South conditions. King Gee 2.0 is a high-biomass fibre and hurd cultivar from Hemp Farms Australia.

Delta AgroFiberAbout the cultivar ↗
Biochar
Magnolia Biochar

Inside the biochar buildout

How Magnolia Biochar turns hemp biomass into stable, carbon-negative carbon with kiln technology from our parent company, Biochar Now.

Delta AgroFiberBiochar Now ↗

Media & press inquiries

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