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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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Jay Hill
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A New Breed of Farmer
Jay Hill approaches diversification and connects with customers in innovative ways
January 27, 2021 02:10 PM
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Chevron Deference Stacks the Deck
Farmers lose out when no one regulates the regulators
January 27, 2021 02:10 PM
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Terra Byte
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Corn Plant Sets Data World Record
Separating strengths and weaknesses of ag data
January 27, 2021 02:10 PM
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An OSU flag marks the location of Terra Byte, a record-breaking corn plant used to find actionable data potential for U.S. growers.
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Corn Plant Sets World Record
An OSU corn plant just set a world record for the most agricultural data gathered in farming history for a single plant across an entire growing season.
January 27, 2021 02:10 PM
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Jerry Allen Newby
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Cotton Farmers Go ‘Grown in USA’
Wrangler launches a new kind of food-to-table initiative
January 27, 2021 02:10 PM
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Who Killed the Finest Soybean Soil in the World?
Randy Dowdy says a gas line company is responsible for major topsoil losses on his record-breaking farmland.
January 27, 2021 02:10 PM
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When federal regulatory agencies clash with U.S. farmers, Chevron deference tilts the legal battle in favor of the agencies before litigation begins.
Policy
Chevron Deference: Strangling Farmers One Regulation at a Time?
When farmers face the creep of federal agency regulation, the game is consistently tilted in the bureaucracy’s favor, and although agricultural producers know the deck is stacked, most are unaware of the joker concealed in the government’s sleeve: Chevron deference.
January 27, 2021 02:10 PM
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Worms
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Ag’s Darkest Fraud Hidden in Dirt
In 2000, southwest Mississippi producer Rodney Burkley heard about a business venture gaining steam in multiple states: earthworms.
January 27, 2021 02:10 PM
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“They thought I would roll over and give up my land rights, case closed. No way,” Edward Poitevent says.
Policy
Private Property Rights Collide With Invisible Frog
Edward Poitevent is at the mercy of an invisible frog. He has lost private property rights on 1,500 acres to a frog species that will never live on his land and doesn’t live in his state. The Endangered Species Act (ESA) is shackled to a litany of odd cases, but Poitevent’s battle with a $34-million frog may rank as the most bizarre of the lot.
January 27, 2021 02:10 PM
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Cotton is back in Carroll County, Mo., for the first time in more than 150 years—a testament to the determination of 15-year-old Garrett Heil.
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Cotton’s King of the North Bucks Custom
Garrett Heil makes history his way
January 27, 2021 02:10 PM
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