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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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Hemp Farmers
Crop Production
Hemp Blueprint Thrives on Midwest Farm
The early, buck-wild days of hemp farming spawned many a gun-shy grower, but Aaron Baldwin found a sweet spot. He brought hemp processing home and established a corresponding grower group.
September 06, 2022 08:47 AM
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Matt Miles, Desha County, Arkansas
Soybeans
Hold My Beer: Triple Crop Soybeans in Arkansas Farmer Crosshairs
Can Matt Miles grow three crops in one year on the same field? Soybeans to soybeans to wheat? Don’t bet against a farmer whose name is synonymous with stellar yields.
August 30, 2022 08:33 AM
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MAX MILLER, THE FRITO KING FARMER
Corn
Frito King: How a Farming Legend Rode a River of Corn
With five minutes to go on the farm clock, Max Miller jumped into a river of corn and changed his life’s course, riding the flow to massive entrepreneurial success.
August 29, 2022 03:12 PM
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Thomas Hairston, Cotton
Crop Production
Farmer Ground-Truths Numbers on Wide Rows, Low Pops and Profitability
How low and wide can a farmer go? 30,000 seeds per acre, or a lean 20,000, or even a bare-bones 5,000 on 60” rows, and still maintain profit levels?
August 24, 2022 02:48 PM
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property rights versus hunting tradition
Farmland
Dogs of War: Landowners Sue State Over Property Rights v. Hunting Tradition
Welcome to a festering landowner-hunter conflict and a lawsuit launched by rural property owners against the state. If persistent hunting dog encroachment affects a farming operation, is compensation in order?
August 23, 2022 01:22 PM
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Gone. A glaring story of soil loss, set against an alarming background of buffalo bones and the Dust Bowl, is a signpost account of cost and consequence, with relevance for the entire farming industry.
Crop Production
Gone with the Wind: How to Lose a Lifetime of Soil Health
Gone. A glaring story of soil loss, set against an alarming background of buffalo bones and the Dust Bowl, is a signpost account of cost and consequence, with relevance for the entire farming industry.
August 19, 2022 02:19 PM
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Spaghetti Farming Hoax
Crop Production
Spaghetti Farming Hoax Ranks as Prank for the Ages
The Great Spaghetti Tree Hoax is an outrageous agriculture prank for the ages, masterfully executed as fake news by the media and ravenously swallowed by the public. Welcome to madness on a bogus farm.
August 10, 2022 01:40 PM
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Crop of Rats
Crop Production
Mink Man Hunts Farms With Extraordinary Rat-Killing Reaper
Release the rat reapers. Joseph Carter operates the most unique farm pest control service on the planet, ridding farms of rats by deploying mink—rodent slayers extraordinaire.
August 02, 2022 09:16 PM
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Down the Vole Hole
Crop Production
Unspoken Truths About Pests: Down The Vole Hole
Ground squirrels and voles take tiny bites from soybean fields.
July 20, 2022 03:00 PM
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Matt Hulsizer and Andrew Bowman
Farmland
The Beautiful Scars: Farming Duo Breaks Chain of Pain, Gains New Lease on Life
Lies, Loans, and the lifeless body of a father helped forge a remarkable turnaround for a pair of Illinois growers—brothers in farms.
July 19, 2022 09:01 PM
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