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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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KENT-WINTER
Crops
Big Yields and Tiny Aphids in Crosshairs
When Winter squeezed the chemical trigger on a sugarcane aphid army, he didn’t know he was protecting bin-busting grain: the best sorghum crop of his life.
January 27, 2021 02:08 PM
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BOTTLE-BEAL
Crop Production
Digging Up Seed Bottles and Weed Ghosts
When William James Beal crept out under cover of night and buried 20 uniform bottles filled with a mixture of soil and seed in 1879, he lit the fuse on agriculture’s longest running experiment.
January 27, 2021 02:08 PM
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Soybeans
Pay to Play on Soybean Yields
Kentucky grower spends big to reap more bushels
January 27, 2021 02:08 PM
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Soybeans
Taproot Decline Nibbles Away Yield
Rotation is only defense against this new soybean disease
January 27, 2021 02:08 PM
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Technology
A Harvest Factory on Wheels
Turf cutting technology makes wide footprint
January 27, 2021 02:08 PM
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Crop Production
Weed Survey Forms a Fight Plan
10,000-farmer sample seeks best management plan answers to resistance
January 27, 2021 02:08 PM
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Technology
Consider Fueling Your Farm with Propane
With record storage of 100 million barrels, propane production is on the rise and prices remain low, which is a distinct advantage for row crops farmers and poultry producers these days.
January 27, 2021 02:07 PM
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Weather
How Resurrection Plants Could Lead to More Drought-Tolerant Crops
The bizarre self-preservation abilities of resurrection plants like Oropetium hold tremendous promise toward engineering stronger drought-tolerance in crops, and the effects soon could reach farmland.
January 27, 2021 02:07 PM
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Crop Production
Blasting Weeds to Oblivion
Grit applicator fires weed-and-feed bullets
January 27, 2021 02:07 PM
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Crop Production
RNAi Sniper Technology Alters Crops in Field
The agriculture industry may be on the cusp of an unprecedented takeoff with the advent of ribonucleic acid interference (RNAi) – a sniper’s bullet technology with implications for every aspect of crop growth. Disease, drought, pests and much more are in the crosshairs and the possibilities for this non-GMO crop alteration technology seem boundless.
January 27, 2021 02:07 PM
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