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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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Historic Manure Pile
Biggest Manure Pile in U.S. History Excreted Sweet Stink of Money
A steaming heap of manure large enough to fill a sporting arena once triggered an Iowa war between stockyards and city fathers.
November 21, 2022 03:01 PM
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Drought Corn
What Is Your Biggest Yield Robber? 3 Farmers Weigh In
At first blush, water, or lack thereof, is the supreme bushel thief in the majority of corn and soybean fields. But, according to several farmers, the answer is not quite so simple.
November 10, 2022 02:15 PM
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Farm Toy Story: Master Craftsman Brings Memories to Life
Mitch Sisson never wants to grow up. As one of America’s top farm toy restorers, his meticulous craftsmanship coaxes memory from metal: “It’s a special thing when you can hand a man back a piece of his past.”
September 20, 2022 10:49 PM
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From a cabin in a Bootheel swamp to swashbuckling across America to the pages of Time magazine, Jessie Small was a farming legend. (Photo by Chris Bennett)
US Farming Loses the King of Combines
An American farming titan, Jessie Small, the king of combines, has passed on, and with him goes a sizable chunk of U.S. historical lore.
September 20, 2022 12:02 AM
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SMITH STONER AND VICTORIA DARDEN
EPA Fiddles as Flood Clock Rolls on Mississippi Delta’s Forgotten Nightmare
Welcome to a nightmare—the Yazoo Backwater Project—a bureaucratic taffy pull of dysfunctional government, politics, science, farming, and the backdoor dealings of a federal agency.
September 19, 2022 09:31 PM
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Shawn Conley
Born for Beans, Wisconsin’s Soybean Detective Hunts ROI
Shawn Conley is mad for soybeans: “It’s a crop with more moving parts than anyone except a farmer realizes, and there are so many nuances to work on that have yet to be explored.”
September 07, 2022 08:50 AM
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Weed Chopping Crew
Weed Choppers Back on Farm to Fight Seedbank War
In 2020, Pat Duncanson began a three-year march toward organic certification on 100 acres of corn and soybean ground. After a weed honeymoon, weeds rebounded in 2021, and Duncanson brought in a chopping crew.
September 07, 2022 08:49 AM
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Hemp Farmers
Hemp Blueprint Thrives on Midwest Farm
The early, buck-wild days of hemp farming spawned many a gun-shy grower, but Aaron Baldwin found a sweet spot. He brought hemp processing home and established a corresponding grower group.
September 06, 2022 08:47 AM
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Matt Miles, Desha County, Arkansas
Hold My Beer: Triple Crop Soybeans in Arkansas Farmer Crosshairs
Can Matt Miles grow three crops in one year on the same field? Soybeans to soybeans to wheat? Don’t bet against a farmer whose name is synonymous with stellar yields.
August 30, 2022 08:33 AM
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MAX MILLER, THE FRITO KING FARMER
Frito King: How a Farming Legend Rode a River of Corn
With five minutes to go on the farm clock, Max Miller jumped into a river of corn and changed his life’s course, riding the flow to massive entrepreneurial success.
August 29, 2022 03:12 PM
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