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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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Hunt for ROI Stokes Change for Two Dakota Farmers
Tyler Zimmerman and Chris Walberg have changed agriculture horses in midstream, and say the results are improving long-term ROI—as well as igniting a new zeal for farming.
March 04, 2021 08:40 AM
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Wild Pig Explosion Starts in Belly of the Beast
Wild pig control is one of the greatest challenges in U.S. wildlife management history, and in many ways, wild pig prosperity starts in the fascinating belly of a beast like no other.
March 02, 2021 01:48 PM
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Jerusalem Artichokes
Fleecing the Farm: How a Fake Crop Fueled a Bizarre $25 Million Ag Scam
A bizarre mix of business and religion, laced with a surreal cast of characters, the Jerusalem artichoke crop scandal may be the most outlandish major scam to curse farming in the past century.
February 16, 2021 09:18 AM
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Paul Overby
Intercropping Gains More Interest from US Farmers
Farmers Nathan Neameyer and Paul Overby, along with researcher Mike Ostlie, are intercropping innovators intent on finding crop combinations that translate to a whole greater than component parts.
February 02, 2021 08:20 AM
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Searching for the right rental rate
Farmland Rental Gets New Playing Field, and High Bid isn’t King
What is the right rental rate for farmland, and what farmer is the best fit for the acreage? CashRent aims to provide the answers.
February 02, 2021 08:20 AM
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Farmer Alarm on High as Coronavirus Ban Halts H-2A Guest Workers
A travel ban on South African guest workers, as currently set in place by executive order, could be devastating for U.S. farming operations.
January 27, 2021 02:30 PM
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How much pain will a man endure to stay alive? On Oct. 1, 2016, Todd Orr answered the question in harrowing detail.
Grizzly Hell: USDA Worker Survives Epic Bear Attack
Legendary. In the annals of survival history, Todd Orr’s account is incredible and magnified by a deuce: He skirted death in two separate grizzly bear attacks separated by mere minutes.
January 27, 2021 02:13 PM
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Producer Tommy Young, left, walks out of a Jackson County, Ark., corn field alongside Chris Henry, water management engineer at the University of Arkansas Rice Research and Extension Center.
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Farming Five Unites Conservation and Profit
Five farming operations in Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi and Nebraska highlight irrigation adjustments that target dollar per drop in order to tap profit.
November 11, 2020 12:24 AM
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Retail Business
Amazon, Walmart? Farming’s Wild Scramble For Online Ag Retail
The Wild West has come to ag retail. The scramble for ag retail dollars has kicked up a dusty haze as traditional chemical players scrap gravel with an expanding list of online start-up companies.
November 11, 2020 12:18 AM
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Seemingly pulled from the pages of a Hollywood movie script, the bizarre B & B fraud is too absurd for fiction: greed, loss and lingering questions.
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Agriculture’s Darkest Fraud Hidden Under Dirt and Lies
In the annals of agriculture fraud, one scam may rule them all. Pulled from the pages of a Hollywood script, agriculture’s most outlandish Ponzi scheme is a cauldron of greed, loss and lingering questions.
November 11, 2020 12:16 AM
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