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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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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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John Deere's steel plow at the Smithsonian
How John Deere Turned Steel into Gold and Won Farming’s Plow Wars
When John Deere carted home a broken bandsaw blade and forged a moldboard plow, agriculture and America changed forever. Farm steel changed history.
January 11, 2023 09:09 AM
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Iowa farmer Matt Brincks
Iowa Farmer Goes Bushels Up and Fertilizer Down with Biologicals
Matt Brincks’ average yields have climbed 30 bushels in corn and 12 bushels in soybeans, while his nitrogen fertilizer use has dipped by half, along with a two-thirds drop in phosphorus and potassium.
November 22, 2022 02:08 PM
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