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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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Scott Johnson and Harlene Hoyt
Politics
Property Owner Fights Government Over Warrantless Searches On Homestead
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.”
August 30, 2023 09:01 AM
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Chris Bennett
Mike Yoder Drone Lead
Technology
Drones for Deer Recovery? Landmark Legal Fight Pits Hunters vs Government
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.
August 29, 2023 07:23 AM
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Chris Bennett
Farm Regulations
Politics
State Water Regulations Worse Than WOTUS, Farmers Claim
State regulations, insists Steven Slonaker, can be more burdensome than federal oversight to farmers and private landowners.
August 14, 2023 01:30 PM
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Chris Bennett
9-X Farmall Owned by Duane Helman
Used Machinery
Tractor X: Farmer Saves Ford’s Only Surviving Prototype
The unlikely 100-year survival of an immaculate 9-X tractor despite thievery, rust, weeds, and skeletonization is a tale of predestination.
August 02, 2023 03:18 PM
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Chris Bennett
Farm Boy Buried Alive in Illinois, 1916
Corn
Buried Alive: Bizarre History of a Farm Boy’s Survival
A boy’s intentional burial beneath Illinois farm dirt is a bizarre, standalone tale in the annals of grim agriculture incidents.
August 01, 2023 11:25 AM
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Chris Bennett
Triple Crop Soybeans
Soybeans
Triple-Crop Soybean Success as Illinois Farmer Bucks Consensus
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.”
July 25, 2023 12:49 PM
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Chris Bennett
Chaff Lining
Crop Production
Chaff Lining Shows Major Resistant Weed Control Promise in Iowa Field Trials
The bare-bones simplicity of chaff lining may offer farmers with resistant weed control for pennies on the dollar. Chaff lining is showing major promise in ongoing Iowa field trials.
July 20, 2023 02:55 PM
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Chris Bennett
Adron Belk
Crop Production
Farmers Reap ROI From Field Trial Failures and Successes
On-farm trials cut to the heart of ROI. Five growers from Minnesota to Mississippi sound off on the value of on-farm research.
July 20, 2023 02:49 PM
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Chris Bennett
Bob Lindeman in Minnesota Soybeans
Soybeans
Shake the Disease? Plant Reduced Soybean Pops
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.
July 18, 2023 10:56 AM
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Chris Bennett
Cluster Corn in Kansas
Corn
Cluster Corn? Kansas Farmer Grows Triple-Row, Staggered Crop
John Smith is growing 137 acres of wide-row cluster corn planted directly over his water source. Essentially, he is taking his corn to the well.
July 12, 2023 11:19 AM
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