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Chris Bennett

Writing from the level land of the Delta just outside of Clarksdale, Miss., Bennett has blogged for several years on agriculture, surrounded by cotton and plenty of cottonmouths.

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Farmland
Government Seizes Farmer’s Land to Build Airport for Corporate Jets and Business Hangars
“I’m just a farmer in their way,” says Georgia producer Jeff Melin. “Force me to sell, take my land, and fly in the billionaires and big companies.”
May 12, 2026 06:30 AM
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Technology
Stealing the Farm: China Continues Raid of US Agriculture by Theft and Agroterror
Robbing crop seed or smuggling pathogens, the most devastating raid of ag tech in U.S. history continues at a blistering pace.
May 05, 2026 06:31 AM
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Farmland
No Consent: Tennessee Farmer Defeats TVA Energy Giant in Property Rights Battle
Against all odds, John Gregory stood up to a utility colossus intent on splitting his farm—and won.
April 28, 2026 06:42 AM
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Farmland
Who Was the Lady in Red? Farm Mystery Lingers Over Woman in Iron Coffin
Perfectly preserved and pickled for 100 years, who was the woman found in red velvet on a Mississippi Delta farm?
April 21, 2026 06:39 AM
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Business
Presumed Guilty? Farm Couple Fights Feds for Fair Trial and Jury
A family faces bankruptcy and almost $1 million in H-2A fines, with no proof of wrongdoing beyond the walls of a single agency.
April 14, 2026 06:39 AM
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Farmland
Solar Panel Plague or Progress? Controversy Explodes as Farmland Disappears
“This is one of the saddest things I’ve seen in American agriculture in my lifetime,” says Bill Peter. “It ends with glass and metal covering millions of acres.”
April 07, 2026 06:29 AM
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Farmland
Landowner Builds Off-Grid Container Home on Farm, Triggers Regulatory Rumble
Self-sufficiency in rural America? “No,” says Chad Cane. “More like targeting and potential jail time.”
March 31, 2026 06:33 AM
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Business
Farm Family Slammed by DOL Sues Feds, Demands Jury Trial
“It’s sickening what the government can get away with,” say David and Debbie Ross. “We’ve done nothing wrong and we want a jury of our peers to hear the evidence. All of it.”
March 24, 2026 06:37 AM
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Machinery
Bizarre Tractor Theft on Iowa Farm Leads to Manhunt, Wild Bust
In the dead of night and blizzard conditions, Sawyer Wise was pulled into a surreal crime spree and fundamental violation of farm and family.
March 17, 2026 06:35 AM
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Technology
Farmer Builds Drone Company, Eyes Historic Breakthrough in Agriculture Tech
“The value of drones on the farm, as high as it is today,” says Russell Hedrick, “will soon go up to levels not even imagined yet.”
March 10, 2026 06:45 AM
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