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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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While his corn and soybeans drown, Cody Peterson faces potential prosecution if he drains his rows.
Everyone gets a seat at the data feast, except the American farmer.
Labeled as outlaws and facing millions in penalties, Wade and Teresa King face a state government hellbent on environmental justice.
Dust became dollars in one of the wildest agriculture crimes on record.
In a phenomenally audacious raid, Henry Wickham gathered, pilfered, and delivered 70,000 seeds of monopoly.
Gerry Powers uncovered one of most historic artifact hoards on record, a massive cache of quartzite blades.
“It doesn’t take a data center or a solar farm to take farm ground out of production. All it takes is local government with a bad idea.”
“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.”
Robbing crop seed or smuggling pathogens, the most devastating raid of ag tech in U.S. history continues at a blistering pace.
Against all odds, John Gregory stood up to a utility colossus intent on splitting his farm—and won.