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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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Jon Stevens Input Savings
Crop Production
Minnesota Farmer’s Input Trials Paying Big Dividends in 2022
As input prices climb to alarming levels, Jon Stevens’ decade-long series of input trials is paying dividends in 2022.
April 25, 2022 02:28 PM
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Weed Seed Destroyer
Soybeans
VIDEO: Agriculture Invention Harnesses LED Light Inside Combine to Kill Weed Seed
Could LED light be used to kill weed seed inside a combine during harvest? The technology has already arrived, according to an inventor raised in the corn and soybean rows of Ohio farmland.
April 21, 2022 08:37 AM
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Tom Corcoran Online
Corn
Sumbi#@% Farmer Shatters Convention, Earns Big Seat at Agriculture’s Table
Tom Corcoran, the sumbi#@% farmer, has paid the price of admission and turned formulaic agriculture on its head.
April 19, 2022 07:47 AM
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Alan Taggart Lead
Used Machinery
Arkansas Farmer Stands at Heart of Agriculture’s 4WD Tractor History
Fathers of invention: The Taggart operation built eight 4WD tractors from the 1950s-1970s, testament to the mechanical genius of an Arkansas farming family.
April 12, 2022 10:26 AM
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JON MIKESELL PITCH PINE
Politics
Hunting Club Lawsuit Challenges Power of Government Surveillance on Private Land
How much power do game wardens possess without a warrant or probable cause? A hunting club lawsuit is heating up over the bounds of government access to private land.
March 17, 2022 03:49 PM
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Esbenshade Family
Succession Planning
Pennsylvania Farmer Passes a Torch of Opportunity to the Next Generation
Common goals, trust and open communication feed Pennsylvania operation
March 11, 2022 04:37 PM
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Crop Production
The Secret Life of Farmland Marbles
The shotgun houses and clapboard shacks are gone, but a child’s toy lingers in farmland rows. Time, tillage and rainfall reveal the sharecropper’s last testament: clusters of magnificent clay, agate and glass marbles.
March 09, 2022 03:15 PM
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Dale Roberts
New Machinery
Farmer Designs DIY Mower-Sprayer, Cuts Passes by Half
In 2016, Dale Roberts began designing a DIY mower-sprayer in his farm shop, and six years later, he has a patent and a significant equipment innovation.
February 21, 2022 08:11 AM
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DIY Trailer
New Machinery
A DIY Trailer: Use What You Have
A homemade trailer offers customization and cost savings.
February 16, 2022 09:30 AM
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Weed Puzzle
Crop Production
Hit the Weed Window or Pay a Price
Far from formulaic, every grower’s approach to preplanting chemical application is contingent on specific circumstances, but a common thread remains: Hit the window or pay a price.
February 14, 2022 08:52 AM
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