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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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Thomas Villegas Lawsuit
Landowner Sues EPA and Demands Jury Trial
Thomas Villegas says the administrative state operates a fixed game. His lawsuit contends private landowners are accused, judged, and sentenced by the same set of unelected government employees.
June 27, 2023 12:58 PM
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MICHELLE AND GAUGE OEHM
Find of a Lifetime: Kansas Family Discovers Incredible Indian Artifact
An intrepid Kansas mother and her Johnny-on-the-spot son found one of the most stunning Indian artifacts of recent history. Welcome to the impossible tale of the Oehm Blade.
June 22, 2023 12:51 PM
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Farmers Make Sensational Woolly Mammoth Discovery
Farmers Make Sensational Woolly Mammoth Discovery Beneath Soybean Field
When a pair of Midwest farmers dropped a backhoe bucket 8’ below mature soybeans, they made one of the most unlikely scientific discoveries of the 21st century—a woolly mammoth.
May 30, 2023 11:14 AM
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Illinois farmer Jack Shissler
Big Corn Yields for Illinois Farmer Rooted to Hybrid and Fungicide
Illinois’ Jack Shissler hit major dryland corn yields in 2022: “Boiled down, my yields were about choosing the right variety and applying fungicide. Variety and fungicide—that’s where it was at.”
May 23, 2023 08:19 AM
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End of Days
Doomsday Addiction: Celebrating 50 years of Failed Climate Predictions
Politicians, scientists, and celebs assure us the apocalypse is tomorrow, and if not, the day after will do. Buckle up for a look at 50 years of cataclysmic predictions.
May 05, 2023 07:58 AM
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Anthony Tino De Angelis Con Artist and Salad Oil King
Soybean Stunner: How a Con Artist Pulled the Greatest Agriculture Heist in History
In the biggest con in agriculture history, Anthony De Angelis stole over $1 billion, shook Wall Street to its core, humiliated big banking, embarrassed USDA, and ushered in the rise of Warren Buffet.
April 26, 2023 11:33 AM
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Farmer Roy Pfaltzgraff and Combine
Skeptical Farmer Burns Ag’s Playbook, Steers Turnaround On 2,000 Acres
Skeptic, heretic, eccentric, disruptor—Roy Pfaltzgraff pleads guilty to all. “People think I’m crazy. They’re right, I am crazy, but I’m also the owner of a farm that is working great.”
March 08, 2023 02:22 PM
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Ken Ferrie
Farm Legend in the Making, Ken Ferrie Delivers Bare-Bones Crop Truth
Agriculture’s simple kind of man, Ken Ferrie is all fact and no flash, with a stellar reputation for honesty. “A farmer wants one thing from me, the truth.”
January 23, 2023 08:36 AM
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China Population Crash
Future Shock: U.S. Agriculture Sleeping on China’s Historic Population Crash
China, the top food importer on the planet and biggest buyer in history, is entangled in a potentially devastating population crash and the effect could be massive for U.S. agriculture.
January 18, 2023 03:07 PM
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RUSSELL HEDRICK RECORD CORN YIELD
Corn Yield Record Shattered By Farmer’s 459.51 Dryland Bushels
Russell Hedrick smashed dryland corn yield records in 2022. He averaged 268 bushels across his operation, including 40 acres at 368 bpa—bookended by a contest spot at a stunning 459.51 bpa.
January 12, 2023 09:38 AM
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