Capital Formation for the Industrial Hemp Industry
Capital
Capital is required for the nascent industrial hemp industry to realize its potential as a major producer and manufacturer of biobased feedstocks for a regenerative, circular and balanced ecosystem that doesn't bear the costs and burdens from overuse of depleting natural resources. The majority of startup and early stage industrial hemp processors and product manufacturers are not able to obtain bank financing and many lack the internal resources or knowledge to originate and execute a plan for raising private capital from angel investors, venture capital, or crowdfunding.
Industrial Hemp Investment Opportunities:
Research and Development Needs (per USDA Office of Chief Scientist)
- Breeding and Genetics
- Best Practices for Production
- Bio based Product Manufacturing for End Users
- Transparency and Consistency
Hemp Stalks Processing - the critical link between farmers and hemp based product manufacturers
- Processing Facilities
- Equipment technology advancement
End-use Hemp Products Manufacturing
- Construction Materials - Hempcrete, batt insulation
- Bioplastics/biocomposites
- Textiles
Hemp Grain Processing - producing highly nutritional hemp seed oil and hemp cake which is processed into protein powders and pet animal feeds.
Bill Brehmer - President and Founder
Bill is a 4th generation South Dakota farm owner who received his B.S. in Business Administration from the University of South Dakota. He has over 20 years experience working with private companies in the Dallas, TX area performing research, analysis, financial modeling, due diligence and private capital raises predominantly in the oil and gas industry. Bill turned his focus to the hemp industry in 2020. With South Dakota legalizing hemp for the 2021 growing season, he obtained a grower's license and planted a hemp test crop on the Brehmer Family Farm near Hoven, SD. Joining the SD Industrial Hemp Association, Bill became active in promoting the development of the all-new hemp industry. He quickly realized that for the industry to begin meeting and exceeding growth expectations, access to capital would be required.
About Us
Prairie Farms Hemp LLC provides private capital formation services for new and early stage companies in the industrial hemp industry. We work with exceptional management teams engaged in processing hemp fiber or grain, or manufacturing industrial hemp based products to create a capital raise plan that best fits the company's investment stage, capital required and growth plans all within the legal framework provided for by private placements and crowdfunding.
Sustainability
"With the advancement and adaptation of fitting technology, exploitation of the entire physical, chemical and morphological characteristics of hemp can better contribute to a clean, healthy, and sustainable planet." National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Defined as the avoidance of the depletion of natural resources in order to maintain an ecological balance, sustainability in the industrial hemp industry results from creation of a circular economy where local farmers support local processors who supply manufacturers with bio-based feedstock as an alternative to petro-based feedstock. Processing industrial hemp stalks for their bast and hurd fibers opens the doorway to sustainable consumer and industrial goods!
U.S. Total Addressable Market 2030: $84 billion
From: bioSolutions Initiatives': "Seeing the U.S. Industrial Hemp Opportunity"
Seeing the U.S. Industrial Hemp Opportunity
bioSolutions Initiatives released a publicly available research report titled "Seeing The U.S. Industrial Hemp Opportunity" in 2023. The author, Pierre Bardin, an Impact Investor, reflects that: "Natural fibers were relegated to second fiddle with the advent of the petrochemical industry, which produced incredible innovations that now permeate our daily lives: synthetic textiles, Teflon, plastic, and so on.
The trend is reversing. Industries are rediscovering or, in some cases, pioneering the use of natural fibers for their specific attributes (durability, light weight, resistance, etc.) and because the sustainability imperative appears to no longer be an option. Hemp is one such fiber, the least explored, and probably the one with the strongest potential. But hemp is not only a fiber; it is also a grain with high nutritional properties. An additional blessing of hemp is that it qualifies as a regenerative plant: it is good for soil health and water retention and is one of the highest CO2 sequestering plants we can grow at scale."
Impact
"With the advancement and adaptation of fitting technology, exploitation of the entire physical, chemical and morphological characteristics of hemp can better contribute to a clean, healthy, and sustainable planet." National Institutes of Health (NIH)
The U.S. has approximately 396 million acres of cropland. Because of its many and varied uses, when compared to cannabis and CBD, industrial hemp grown for grain and/or fiber has the opportunity to deliver the largest economic impact for farmers and rural communities while also providing the largest positive environmental impact.
Agricultural
- Industrial hemp has achieved economic parity with the top two U.S. cash crops, corn and soybeans
- Industrial hemp delivers crop diversity while being more durable than corn and soybeans when considering the effects of climate change
Rural Communities
Efficiency dictates hemp processing occurs near hemp fields, creating rural jobs in farming, transportation, processing and manufacturing, resulting in local and regional supply chains.
Environment
- Carbon uptake and storage - 1 ton of hemp fiber sequesters 1.47 plus tons of CO2
- Remediates contaminated soils through phytoremediation
- Ideal rotational crop that conditions soil and returns important nutrients
- Reduced water, pesticide and herbicide requirements vs corn and soybeans
Needing capital: Please complete and send the following form. In the message, indicate what your business operations entail and how long you've been in business, If you have a 1 to 2 page executive summary or teaser prepared for your project, it can be attached as well.
Investor: If you are an angel investor or venture capital investor interested in industrial hemp investments, please complete and send the following form.
Contact Us
The Colony, Texas 75056