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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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Nik Patel steered a series of astonishing agriculture-related scams and racked up a whopping 52-year prison sentence.
Responding to crippling input costs, Alex Harrell slashes his cropland in half and predicts significant U.S. acres may be bare come spring.
Amid the highest copper prices in history, thieves now must tangle with a watchman that never sleeps.
State officials are preparing to take the land and legacy of a farmer for the crime of water “violations.”
Bitcoin will fundamentally change farming forever, contends a growing chorus within agriculture.
In May 2025, the Corps dropped authority over the property of Caleb and Rebecca Linck, bypassing a historic SCOTUS ruling protecting landowners from overregulation.
The inescapable crop math of sustained crippling commodity prices and high input costs has many growers screaming for immediate relief. However, bailouts are Band-Aids over bullet holes, contend farmers desperate for fundamental change.
Farm stand and greenhouse triggers government regulations.
In western Tennessee, Danny Kitzman’s farm machinery on his turn row is a threat to county code.
A trio of sharks—Illinois cowboy, Midwest matron, and polished Georgia fixer—ran a stunning con based on bogus cows.