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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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Turning manure into gold, sticky-fingered Ray Brewer pulled off a twisted agriculture heist.
State officials want Cory Garrett’s farmland worked by his family over five generations.
Donald Faivre tumbled into a bizarre tale of torture, Tojo, and cannibalism, yet emerged as he entered, a farmer with a heart of gold.
Chris Miller has proved the power of one on his farmland, measured by the shaping of American youth.
Deer are feasting on crops at unprecedented rates as the No. 1 economic pest in some farm regions.
Burn in fire or die by electrocution? J.P. Koop chose to ride lightning.
Richard Beasley posted job openings for a farm manager position on 688 acres and murdered suitors as they arrived on-site.
How did a tiny, isolated depression on Arlen Foster’s farm become a wetland? By science or decree?
After Tim Thomas’ property was searched up to his doorstep by state officials on multiple occasions, he filed a federal lawsuit.
Lust, larceny, and massive sheds. Steve Snow collared a ring of shed poachers red-handed.