What a mill actually makes

Equine bedding

Dakota Hemp schedule: $20 / $19 / $18 / $17 pallet / $16 multi-pallet. 30 lb. Primary SKU in the stall model.

Equine bedding

1,200 lb. $17/bag = $0.567/lb. Discount gate for any barn ≥40 bags.

Equine bedding

Heartland totes listed from 25 lb bags to ~450 lb sacks. Mill SKU for 40+ stall barns.

Equine bedding

Dakota listed $0.60/lb. The particle that beds a stall and also binds hempcrete.

Equine bedding

Cranky Frank at Tractor Supply, $59.99 / 5 cu ft. Shows the retail mark-up above mill-gate $0.53–0.67/lb.

Equine bedding

1.0–1.5 lb/sq ft; 145–215 lb; typically six 30 lb bags. Source: Bulk Hemp Warehouse.

Equine bedding

Dakota: hemp lets you stop monthly full-strips. Labor is the second P&L line after material.

Other animal

Same SKU, shallower bed. Dairy, zoo, and broiler houses are volume, not margin.

Other animal

Hurd as stall pack. Cattle add tons; horses pay the spec.

Other animal

Dominion Hemp and peers sell pallet and truckload to zoos.

Fiber & textile

Outer bark. Textiles, rope, fine paper. The 'valuable' fraction — 25–30% of stalk.

Fiber & textile

Insulation, nonwovens, composites. Captures what long-line leaves.

Fiber & textile

Fashion is ~28% of US hemp-fiber revenue (GVR). Needs scutching, hackling, spinning — not a stall mill.

Fiber & textile

The original industrial product. Marine and farm rope still bid for bast.

Fiber & textile

Work cloth. Lower spec than apparel, closer to a US mill.

Fiber & textile

Auto interiors, mulch mats, filtration.

Building

Same 1/4 in hurd as bedding. Dual-market is how a mill survives a mild winter in the barn trade.

Building

Prefabricated wall units. Front Range and coastal custom homes.

Building

Bast/tow insulation. Competes with mineral wool on vapor, not on price — yet.

Building

In-situ wall. Contractor service, not a bag SKU.

Building

Finish coat. Small hurd, high surface area.

Food & grain

USDA 2025: 7.3M lb, $0.96/lb utilized, $930/ac. Dual-crop with fiber where genetics allow.

Food & grain

Human food. Protein 30%+ class. Separate clean plant from the stall mill.

Food & grain

Food ingredient. Not a cannabinoid product.

Food & grain

Bakery inclusion. Allergen labeling required.

Oil & nutrition

Food oil, GLA. Press cake becomes feed or protein.

Oil & nutrition

Closes the horse loop: oil for humans, cake back to the farm (where AAFCO allows).

Paper & pulp

Specialty and archival. Not newsprint economics.

Paper & pulp

Input to paper and cellulose derivatives.

Paper & pulp

Historical use; today a specialty SKU, not a mill thesis.

Composites & auto

European OEMs have used hemp fiber in interiors for decades (BMW among them, historically).

Composites & auto

Hurd or fiber as filler. Weight and stiffness play.

Composites & auto

Interior sheet goods. Competes with MDF.

Soil & compost

Soiled hemp hurd and horse manure. Carbon and nitrogen in one pile. Compost in six to nine months. Returns as soil.

Compost notes

Soil & compost

Hurd used as mulch. Carbon that still breaks down.

Compost notes

Soil & compost

Finished compost. Organic matter and slow-release nutrients for the ground that grew the fiber.

Compost notes

Soil & compost

Agronomic service. Weather-gated. Makes or breaks fiber quality.

Equipment

Farm-scale. On-farm hurd for a 40–80 stall barn that grows its own fiber.

Equipment

Dakota Hemp runs a Canadian Greenfield train. GM Insights: decorticator assemblies ~$229k list; that is the machine, not the plant.

Equipment

~$550k list (GM Insights). Wrap and fiber-cut headers differ from grain.

Equipment

Stalk logistics. Bale density sets mill throughput.

Equipment

The SKU machine. A mill without a bagger is a bulk commodity seller.

Testing & compliance

USDA lot test. DEA-lab enforcement delayed to 31 Dec 2026. Total-THC definition lands 12 Nov 2026.

Testing & compliance

Moisture, particle size, dust, salmonella for bedding customers.

Testing & compliance

FSA-style lot numbers from field to pallet.

Seed & genetics

USDA 2025 fiber yield 3,104 lb/ac average. Genetics set hurd:bast ratio.

Seed & genetics

966 lb/ac average grain (USDA 2025). Not the stall crop, the rotation crop.

Seed & genetics

Low THC, known origin. The only seed a mill should contract.

Carbon & services

Stack once, with a registry. Do not double-count stall compost and wall carbon.

Carbon & services

The Horse Stall Theory instrument: a barn commits stalls, a mill commits acres.

Carbon & services

This app's map: horse density × fiber acres × backside stalls.

Personal care

Non-intoxicating seed oil. A side channel, not the mill.

Personal care

Same. Keep cannabinoid cosmetics out of the industrial lane after Nov 2026.

Packaging

Replaces polystyrene peanuts. Off-spec bedding.

Packaging

Bast/tow pulp. Competes with bagasse.

Industrial absorbents

4–5× absorbency is a stall fact and a hazmat fact.

Industrial absorbents

Industrial spill control from the same hurd stream.

Energy

Last resort. Compost is the better loop; burn only what will not make soil.

Energy

Dust and fines to heat the dryer. Do not count as a revenue story.

Research

Land-grant variety trials. KY, CO, NY, PA already have history.

Research

The barn sale is often a vet sale: lower dust, lower ammonia.

Research

Pine and straw carry different mold profiles. Hemp needs its own COA, not a vibe.