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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
Drought Corn
Crop Production
What Is Your Biggest Yield Robber? 3 Farmers Weigh In
At first blush, water, or lack thereof, is the supreme bushel thief in the majority of corn and soybean fields. But, according to several farmers, the answer is not quite so simple.
November 10, 2022 02:15 PM
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Noelle Greathouse
Crop Production
Gone Country, Farm Girl Trades NYC Concrete for Dirt, Finds Happiness for Life
Marry a farmer. Move to the Midwest. Raise a family in the sticks. Find happiness for life. Welcome to the grand adventure of the irrepressible Noelle Greathouse.
November 02, 2022 08:03 AM
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From Pain to Gain Matt Hulsizer Andrew Bowman
Health
From Pain To Gain: Farming Duo Overcomes Heartache To Forge New Partnership
Emotionally spent and wary of the financial pitfalls ahead, Matt Hulsizer and Andrew Bowman sought solace in each other’s counsel: The two operations became one.
October 27, 2022 09:38 AM
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Midwest Farmers of the Original Tractor Drive
Crop Production
Forever Young: Forgotten Farmer Rebels Crossed US in Epic 1969 Tractor Drive
In 1969, 26 Illinois farmers drove open-cab tractors to Washington to raise hell and highlight the struggles of farm country. Welcome to their cage-rattling tale.
October 26, 2022 08:45 PM
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Gray Skipper fights government regulation on his private land.
Farmland
Conservation Nightmare as Landowner Fights Feds Over Property Regulations and Phantom Snake
After the Skipper family welcomed conservation efforts on its private land for a 70-year span, the U.S. government responded with a federal boomerang.
September 30, 2022 11:19 AM
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AL
New Machinery
Shark Tank Eyes Hottest Agriculture Technology
Covering all facets of agriculture at a shark tank forum, 15 vanguard companies offered a glimpse of the best and brightest new tech headed to farmland.
September 21, 2022 11:17 PM
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Markets
Natural Gas Lifts Fertilizer Industry
Fracking technology tips the favor back to domestic natural gas and fertilizer production
September 21, 2022 09:40 PM
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J.D. Dulaney no longer drives back and forth to his shop for tools and equipment. “The time savings are stacking up to an incredible degree.”
New Machinery
When a Farm Truck Becomes a Rolling Shop
Time is money to J.D. Dulaney, but he was losing time constantly running from field to shop. He knew tool placement on a flatbed truck option was the key to better efficiency.
September 20, 2022 11:13 PM
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CL
New Machinery
Grain Rescue Demonstrations A Deadly Time Bomb?
The agriculture industry is placing its youth directly in harm’s way through the use of teenagers as victim participants in grain entrapment rescue demonstrations, and the practice is a one-way road to serious injury or death.
September 20, 2022 11:13 PM
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RYAN ROBB
Used Machinery
American Truckers Lose a Prince of the Road
When Ryan Robb passed without warning, his trucking brothers measured, cut, welded, and mounted a stout rack on a rig—a casket carriage for a beloved 6’4”, 400 lb., big-boned country boy on his last ride.
September 20, 2022 11:13 PM
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