Chris-Bennett.jpg

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.

Latest Stories
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.
If ever a farm had secrets, Prospect Hill is the keeper of ghosts. The former cotton plantation conceals one of the most surreal stories in history complete with spilled blood, family intrigue and a graveyard of good intentions.
John Moriarity insists the state’s regulatory pursuit of his property is about asphalt—not water.
Legendary Stan DeBoer, rebel with a cause, set the table for today’s American farmer.
Roy Pfaltzgraff’s maverick row crop operation is moving further to blade’s edge.
Under 16 tons of granite, a farmer sleeps with a mystery at one of the most grandiose burial monuments in rural America.
Lucia Sanchez’s ranch is crossed by a knee-high stream, and for decades her family could block trespass up and down the flow. No more.
A night of frozen G.I.’s paddling into hell. A night of blood and valor. A night of the disappeared.
Would the government punish a rural town of 56 people for draining water to ensure ambulance access for its residents?