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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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Industry
Flashback: Killing Hogzilla the Monster Wild Pig
The history of wild pig hunts is filled with unusual stories, but the chase for a 750-lb. beast hiding in plain sight on a Mississippi farm ranks as a standalone account. Farming reality outshines fiction.
November 21, 2023 01:00 PM
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Chris Bennett and Wild Pig in Mississippi
Industry
Mississippi Hunter and Florida Trapper Survive Wild Pig Attacks
“The public doesn’t realize what these animals are capable of,” says wildlife trapper James Dean. “Unfortunately, you’re going to see more and more reports of people getting hurt in wild pig encounters.”
November 14, 2023 01:59 PM
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Max Miller, Coles County, Illinois
Industry
Pig Motel: How a Legendary Farmer Kickstarted a Career
When Max Miller opened the Pig Motel and charged 2 cents for room and board, the venture was about more than math.
November 01, 2023 12:23 PM
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Farmers Make Sensational Woolly Mammoth Discovery
Industry
Farmers Make Sensational Woolly Mammoth Discovery Beneath Soybean Field
When a pair of Midwest farmers dropped a backhoe bucket 8’ below mature soybeans, they made one of the most unlikely scientific discoveries of the 21st century—a woolly mammoth.
May 30, 2023 11:14 AM
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Yawt Yawt David Ellis
Industry
Meet Mississippi’s Yawt Yawt, a Wild Pig’s Nightmare and Hunting Legend in the Making
Nobody does wild pigs like the Yawt Yawt, aka David Ellis. From backwoods redneck to rising star, Yawt Yawt delivers a rip-roaring hunt as the grim reaper of wild pigs.
December 15, 2022 09:28 AM
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The Rat Buster
Industry
Meet the Rat Buster, YouTube Sensation and Grim Reaper of Farm Rodents
Jeff Pybus is farming’s invisible grim reaper, slaying rats in the dark as he shoots and films for an addicting, no-frills YouTube channel.
September 15, 2022 10:36 AM
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Thomas Hairston, Cotton
Industry
Farmer Ground-Truths Numbers on Wide Rows, Low Pops and Profitability
How low and wide can a farmer go? 30,000 seeds per acre, or a lean 20,000, or even a bare-bones 5,000 on 60” rows, and still maintain profit levels?
August 24, 2022 02:48 PM
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Industry
Wild Pigs Could Trigger Decimation of US Pork Industry
What happens when wild pigs are given 1,000 tons of groceries per day in the form of landfill trash? Expect a ticking time bomb, and quite possibly, a $50 billion blow to the entire U.S. pork industry.
July 13, 2021 03:35 PM
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Matt Brechwald, Off-Farm Income
Industry
Farm Dream: Microphone in Hand, Matt Brechwald Bootstraps into Agriculture
Farming success is chained to the highest premium paid across a long series of benchmarks, and Matt Brechwald’s farm tale, split between dirt and the digital world, firmly fits the mold.
June 24, 2021 02:05 PM
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Michael Bennett
Industry
Truth, Lies and Wild Pigs: Missouri Hunter Prosecuted on Presumption of Guilt?
When hunter Michael Bennett bought eight pigs at a sale barn, the wheels began turning on one of the most bizarre feral hog stories on record, and unleashed questions over guilt, innocence, and state power.
April 27, 2021 02:27 PM
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