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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.

Latest Stories
AgWeb is counting down the top 10 stories of the year. At No. 7, welcome to a tale too insane for fiction: a cottonmouth farmer seeking a snake venom crop for harvest.
AgWeb is counting down the top 10 stories of the year. At No. 9, is a story about Doug Bichler, arm mangled inside a hay baler, he fought a gruesome battle for life, determined to escape the machine at all costs.
AgWeb is counting down the top 10 stories of the year. At No. 10, is a story about a team of truckers who crafted a casket carriage for their beloved brother, Ryan Robb, for his last ride aboard his blue Peterbilt 389.
Nobody does wild pigs like the Yawt Yawt, aka David Ellis. From backwoods redneck to rising star, Yawt Yawt delivers a rip-roaring hunt as the grim reaper of wild pigs.
In the age of instant gratification, Wesley Crumpler is a throwback—a self-made farmer and rancher intent on paying the price for opportunity.
Matt Brincks’ average yields have climbed 30 bushels in corn and 12 bushels in soybeans, while his nitrogen fertilizer use has dipped by half, along with a two-thirds drop in phosphorus and potassium.
Three farmers from across the U.S. identify the most significant drain in their rows.
A steaming heap of manure large enough to fill a sporting arena once triggered an Iowa war between stockyards and city fathers.
In one of the most bizarre spectacles in agriculture history, nicotine-addicted Judas goats once led sheep to slaughter down livestock’s version of the green mile.
Don’t push Bruce Bond. Steeled by an inner Woodrow F. Call—humble and polite to a fault, yet a man not to be bossed, Bond is the consummate farmer.