Roger Reaves forged the most astounding farm life of modern times. Row crops to moonshine to marijuana to cocaine, he was the highest paid narco-pilot in history.
After Kevin Whitney’s iPhone fell into 220,000 bushels of grain, the device made a 20,000-mile roundtrip across the globe before returning to its stunned owner.
After a year-long wait, Grant Hilbert and his company, SquadBuilt, released American Farming on Nov. 24, 2023. Here's a look back at his journey to become a gamer, social media influencer and farmer.
Tom Askjem disappears under farmland, descends to depths of 13’-plus, and returns to the surface with treasure—bottles and glassware from agriculture’s past.
“The public doesn’t realize what these animals are capable of,” says wildlife trapper James Dean. “Unfortunately, you’re going to see more and more reports of people getting hurt in wild pig encounters.”
Bitter blossoms sweet at Miles Farms. From father to son to brother to grandson, an annual sweet corn field has produced 1 million ears for the public.
In the name of regulation, can the government override the 4th Amendment? Yes, say Kansas ag officials. No, counters property owner Scott Johnson: “The government thinks it isn’t accountable, but we’re taking a stand.”
Mike Yoder says he has the constitutional right to use drones to find downed deer, but the government says the practice is illegal on private and public land.
Nonconformity is nature in Bill Jones’ triple-cropping world. “This is about ROI, hitting yield averages, and taking care of my soil,” says Jones. “Home runs are fine, but they’re for somebody else to chase.”
In Bob Lindeman’s soybean rows, planting populations are on a general decline, and the reduction is not about saving dollars up front, but on combatting mold and rot.
American farms are flavored by every fiber and frailty known to mankind—and each tale needs protection. Enter Vance Crowe and a unique preservation project.
Thomas Villegas says the administrative state operates a fixed game. His lawsuit contends private landowners are accused, judged, and sentenced by the same set of unelected government employees.
An intrepid Kansas mother and her Johnny-on-the-spot son found one of the most stunning Indian artifacts of recent history. Welcome to the impossible tale of the Oehm Blade.
Three game wardens entered Josh Highlander’s private land, proceeded to his food plot, and stole his game camera without warrant or consent. He is fighting back via a major constitutional lawsuit.
Richie Devillier is fighting back after the government twice flooded his 900-acre farm and home, killed his cattle, ran his family through emotional hell—and insisted he foot the entire bill.
Illinois’ Jack Shissler hit major dryland corn yields in 2022: “Boiled down, my yields were about choosing the right variety and applying fungicide. Variety and fungicide—that’s where it was at.”
Wil Wilkins was stunned to read a freshly erected federal sign adjoining his land: PUBLIC ACCESS THRU PRIVATE LANDS. In a flash, every citizen of the U.S. had crossing rights on his private ground.
When a pair of Midwest farmers dropped a backhoe bucket 8’ below mature soybeans, they made one of the most unlikely scientific discoveries of the 21st century—a woolly mammoth.
Politicians, scientists, and celebs assure us the apocalypse is tomorrow, and if not, the day after will do. Buckle up for a look at 50 years of cataclysmic predictions.
In the biggest con in agriculture history, Anthony De Angelis stole over $1 billion, shook Wall Street to its core, humiliated big banking, embarrassed USDA, and ushered in the rise of Warren Buffet.
Sprawled naked in a cut cornfield atop 1’ of snow, Tim Vander Zwaag was a bloodied shell of a strapping 6’, 250 lb. farmer. Only feet from his tractor, he was minutes from death. Finished.