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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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The government seized control of John Yearwood’s ranchland in the name of a tiny bug. “There is no shame in Washington,” he says.
Welcome to a $9 million orgy of crop insurance fraud by an unassuming farm couple.
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.
Alabama transplant turns poor soils into a pioneering 10,000-acre enterprise
When a Tennessee farming family decided to build a small rice mill, they triggered a suburban uproar and social media war.
In 2023, John Smith planted cluster corn, James Hitchcock tried wide row corn and Bill Jones targeted a triple crop. How did each farmer fare?
“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.”
When 14-year-old Dave Richmond’s monster buck was stolen, he searched 14 years for the pinched antlers, never giving up hope on a spectacular rack.
Here’s how and why you need to clean your combine after harvest and before you park it for the winter.
When Max Miller opened the Pig Motel and charged 2 cents for room and board, the venture was about more than math.