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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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Deer are feasting on crops at unprecedented rates as the No. 1 economic pest in some farm regions.
Burn in fire or die by electrocution? J.P. Koop chose to ride lightning.
Lust, larceny, and massive sheds. Steve Snow collared a ring of shed poachers red-handed.
The federal government asserts power over at least 96% of all private land in the U.S.
In 2017, Bob Recker kicked open the door on 60” row corn, and exposed a ton of questions on sunlight capture, weed suppression, cover crops, and much more.
Michael Ballard faces $120,000 in fines for allowing his farm manager to live on his agriculture operation.
When Roscoe Filburn fed his family and cattle without government approval, the Ohio farmer charged into one of the most consequential fights in U.S. history.
Two con men sold farmers $50 million of fake organic fertilizer in a staggering heist reaching every layer of the ag industry.
Lost for almost 175 years, has a striking photo of John Deere surfaced?
When a wild pig slashed Hardy Carraway’s femoral artery, he bled to death in minutes as his sons tried to stop the flow.