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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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Crop Production
Ducks Trigger Weed Dynasty
Look to the sky—research finds resistant pigweed spread by waterfowl
January 27, 2021 02:09 PM
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Anna Brakefield and Mark Yeager are taking heirloom cotton linens from farm to home and seed to sheet.
Cotton
Cotton Just Went Farm to Home
Family farm and business woven into cotton venture
January 27, 2021 02:09 PM
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Technology
The Need for Precision Ag Simplicity
The latest and greatest technology isn’t always best
January 27, 2021 02:09 PM
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Crop Production
Magic Beans in the Bin
Tiny sensors might change nature of crop storage
January 27, 2021 02:09 PM
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Randy Dowdy’s record stand was a bold 4’ tall and whispered at extraordinary yields, with three gravid stalks carrying pods from top to bottom.
Corn
Randy Dowdy Fires Soybean ‘Shot Heard Round the World’
Randy Dowdy shattered soybean records in 2016 after a 171.7 bu. per acre yield with a UniSouth Genetics 74A74 variety. Dowdy’s corn was also exceptional, with four separate AgriGold varieties each significantly surpassing the 450 bu. per acre mark. Here’s how he did it.
January 27, 2021 02:09 PM
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Corn
Organic Crop Insurance Abuse Hides in Plain Sight
A field of weeds can pay better than a field of corn, and costs almost nothing to produce. No inputs, no sweat equity, no management, no harvest, but plenty of profit in a scheme plucking millions from the pockets of U.S. taxpayers. Percy Carroll and a growing number of Texas farmers say a crop insurance racket is hiding in plain sight.
January 27, 2021 02:09 PM
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Cotton
2017 Outlook: Cotton, Rice Stuck in Static Markets
Despite a tepid forecast, cotton growers won’t “spit the bit” in 2017, particularly with no safe haven crop in sight, but rice producers may be in for a significant acreage dip.
January 27, 2021 02:09 PM
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Technology
Rise of the Robot Tractors
What does it take to make a robot tractor? A batch of free software, some drone parts, a tablet computer, and one curious farmer to cobble the bits together. Matt Reimer’s remote control 7930 is proof in the dirt.
January 27, 2021 02:08 PM
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Standing over a burned windrow, Harry Stephens, left, and Robert Goodson hope the payoff is a direct assault on the mother lode source of weed seed.
Crop Production
Scorched Earth Attack on Weeds
Narrow windrow burning robs the seed bank
January 27, 2021 02:08 PM
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Harry Stephens, left, and Robert Goodson stand over a burned down windrow. The payoff is a direct assault on the motherlode source of weed seed.
Soybeans
Scorched Earth Attack on Resistant Weeds
Harry Stephens is literally burning weed seed to save money and boost yield on his ground. Narrow windrow burning has arrived on U.S. farmland.
January 27, 2021 02:08 PM
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