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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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Anthony Tino De Angelis Con Artist and Salad Oil King
Soybeans
Soybean Stunner: How a Con Artist Pulled the Greatest Agriculture Heist in History
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.
April 26, 2023 11:33 AM
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Tim Vander Zwagg, Tractor Lazurus
Used Machinery
Tractor Lazarus: Naked Farmer Survives Gruesome PTO Accident
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.
March 28, 2023 04:01 PM
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Texas TikTok Star Bobby Cole
Crop Production
Priceless Pistol Found After Decades Lost in Farmhouse Attic
A priceless pistol lost for 40 years in a farmhouse attic returns to the hands of its childhood owner as a family heirloom.
March 21, 2023 09:06 AM
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Stuckie 2021
Crop Production
Bizarre Mystery of Mummified Coon Dog Solved after 40 years?
Has the bizarre 40-year-old mystery been solved surrounding the identity of a mummified coon dog trapped in an oak tree?
March 21, 2023 08:42 AM
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Visionary Farmer Steve McKaskle
Crop Production
Visionary Farmer Shatters Agriculture’s Conventional Rules, Forges Chain of Success
Steve McKaskle’s remarkable farming story hits frontline dicamba wars, commodity busts, organic vs. GMO melees, scientific breakthroughs, value-added victories, and incurable cancer.
March 17, 2023 02:50 PM
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Farmer Roy Pfaltzgraff and Combine
Crop Production
Skeptical Farmer Burns Ag’s Playbook, Steers Turnaround On 2,000 Acres
Skeptic, heretic, eccentric, disruptor—Roy Pfaltzgraff pleads guilty to all. “People think I’m crazy. They’re right, I am crazy, but I’m also the owner of a farm that is working great.”
March 08, 2023 02:22 PM
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Deer Shed Hunt
Crop Production
Where Have All the Deer Sheds Gone?
Deer sheds hide in plain sight, a vexing prospect for a hunter, farmer, or landowner searching for dropped antlers. A common question from the empty-handed: Where have all the sheds gone?
March 08, 2023 08:02 AM
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Gary Kempker and Family
Farmland
Farm Family Forced to Fight Big Business and Bureaucracy After Years of Cropland Access Denials
Gary Kempker loses $40,000 per year because he cannot access his own farmland. The government, Kempker says, has turned a blind eye in favor of big business.
February 14, 2023 08:08 AM
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DANNY MURPHY AND CODY PARKER
Crop Production
Adios to the Ag Dollar: A Farmer’s Story on Inflation and Inputs
Danny Murphy once paid $10 for a bag of soybean seed, 18 to 30 cents per gallon for diesel, $200 per ton of urea, $20 per day for hired labor, and $25 cash rent. That was then; this is now.
February 01, 2023 02:04 PM
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Ken Ferrie
Crop Production
Farm Legend in the Making, Ken Ferrie Delivers Bare-Bones Crop Truth
Agriculture’s simple kind of man, Ken Ferrie is all fact and no flash, with a stellar reputation for honesty. “A farmer wants one thing from me, the truth.”
January 23, 2023 08:36 AM
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