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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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Spaghetti Farming Hoax
Spaghetti Farming Hoax Ranks as Prank for the Ages
The Great Spaghetti Tree Hoax is an outrageous agriculture prank for the ages, masterfully executed as fake news by the media and ravenously swallowed by the public. Welcome to madness on a bogus farm.
August 10, 2022 01:40 PM
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Crop of Rats
Mink Man Hunts Farms With Extraordinary Rat-Killing Reaper
Release the rat reapers. Joseph Carter operates the most unique farm pest control service on the planet, ridding farms of rats by deploying mink—rodent slayers extraordinaire.
August 02, 2022 09:16 PM
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Down the Vole Hole
Unspoken Truths About Pests: Down The Vole Hole
Ground squirrels and voles take tiny bites from soybean fields.
July 20, 2022 03:00 PM
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Coleman and Salter
Farmer DIY: Weed-Specific Robotic Sprayers at Agriculture’s Door
Farmer DIY: Low-cost, weed-specific automated sprayers built on-farm are on the near-horizon for agriculture.
July 13, 2022 03:27 PM
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Ward Henry and Bob Henry 1976
The Duke of Hazard: How an Unbreakable Kansas Farmer Bore a Lifetime of Scars
All farmers suffer injuries, but the unbreakable Ward Henry was a breed apart: drill rollover, shooting, anaphylactic shock, amputation, and PTO mangling.
June 29, 2022 07:15 AM
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Ron Gollobin, King of Cottonmouths
Cottonmouth Farmer: The Insane Tale of a Buck-Wild Scheme to Corner the Snake Venom Market
Welcome to a tale too insane for fiction: a cottonmouth farmer seeking a snake venom crop for harvest.
June 10, 2022 08:38 AM
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Open Fields No Trespassing
Unbounded: Government Claims Right of Access and Surveillance on All Private Land
Is private land a federal playground? The government claims a phenomenally powerful right—access and surveillance on every inch of farmland, hunting ground, and pasture in the U.S., without warrant or probable cause.
May 24, 2022 02:17 PM
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Golden Rice Saga
Hostage to GMO Hysteria: Golden Rice Saga Lingers as Malnourished Suffer
What if a partial solution to the plight of millions of dying children was a mere bowl of grain, but the sustaining food was pushed away in the name of science? Welcome to the saga of Golden Rice.
May 10, 2022 08:41 AM
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Jon Stevens Input Savings
Minnesota Farmer’s Input Trials Paying Big Dividends in 2022
As input prices climb to alarming levels, Jon Stevens’ decade-long series of input trials is paying dividends in 2022.
April 25, 2022 02:28 PM
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Weed Seed Destroyer
VIDEO: Agriculture Invention Harnesses LED Light Inside Combine to Kill Weed Seed
Could LED light be used to kill weed seed inside a combine during harvest? The technology has already arrived, according to an inventor raised in the corn and soybean rows of Ohio farmland.
April 21, 2022 08:37 AM
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