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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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Consultant Robb Dedman, foreground right, and farmer-client Matt Miles keep 120 soybean varieties in constant strip trial motion, searching for the best seed-to-acre match.
Soybeans
Fighting for Every Soybean Bushel
When a producer laces the gloves and climbs in the ring for soybean combat, a capable cornerman is vital.
January 27, 2021 02:08 PM
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Soybeans
He Traveled the Road to 100-Bu. Soybeans ... Five Times
With yields consistently bouncing above 100 bu. per acre, crop consultant Robb Dedman is among the best cornermen in the business. From 2013-16, Dedman eclipsed 100-plus bu. five times in four consecutive years in three separate Arkansas counties, with five different varieties.
January 27, 2021 02:08 PM
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Growers can tick off all the boxes of weed defense and still get nailed by a feathered threat from above.
Corn
Duck Dynasty May Have Triggered a Weed Dynasty
Ducks are a hunter’s sweetest dream, but can be a farmer’s nightmare akin to flying time bombs expelling rapid-fire payloads of resistant weed seed. Wonder where the next pigweed outbreak will come from? Listen for quacks and honks, and look up. Waterfowl may be a significant source of resistant weed spread.
January 27, 2021 02:08 PM
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Farmland
A Strange and Unplanted Harvest
Farmland is one of the best places to find meteorites
January 27, 2021 02:08 PM
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Precision Agriculture Careers Get Four-Year Boost
The first four-year precision agriculture degree program in the United States is set to kick off at South Dakota State University in September 2016.
January 27, 2021 02:08 PM
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Business
Bats Save Billions In Pest Control
A secret war is waged above farmland every night. In games of hide-and-seek between bats and crop pests, the bats always win, and the victories are worth billions of dollars to U.S. agriculture.
January 27, 2021 02:08 PM
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Soybeans
Size Matters in Soybeans ... and Deer Hunting
The big deer of Boone and Crockett tell a soybean tale. A proper soybean variety, served on a food plot plate, is a Cadillac protein source for deer. When deer walk into an Eagle Seed soybean plots, the kitchen is always open and stocked.
January 27, 2021 02:08 PM
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New study indicates captive Texas deer can contract, likely transmit SARS-CoV-2 virus to each other.
Soybeans
Size Matters in Beans and Deer
Forage bean keeps food plot kitchen open
January 27, 2021 02:08 PM
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Crop Production
Pigweed War Reaches Beyond Fields
Resistant weed sprays carry runoff consequences
January 27, 2021 02:08 PM
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Soybeans
Pigweed War Reaches Far Beyond Farmland
On many farming operations, mowing has given way to high-powered pre-emerges to kill vegetation, but bald ditches may spawn a regulatory leviathan. Silt gathering in the bottom of ditches and canals; eroded turn rows; washed out roads; and hammered PTO ditches are caught in a vicious spray cycle of unintended consequences with no simple fix.
January 27, 2021 02:08 PM
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