Chris Bennett

2 months ago | agweb.com | Chris Bennett |Matthew J. Grassi |Michelle Rook |Jim Wiesemeyer

Shotguns, chainsaws, and viral video. Welcome to God’s country and one of the wildest hunting tales ever to spill from the deep woods. On a crisp winter morning, as a pair of UTV buggies crashed through a Louisiana realm of monster bucks and wild pigs, surrounded by cathedral cypress stands and dripping Spanish moss, a manic Jack Russell chased a gray squirrel around the base of a red oak and vanished.

2 months ago | agweb.com | Rhonda Brooks |Michelle Rook |Steve Cubbage |Chris Bennett

Eggs continue to be a hot topic in the news as supplies are down, prices are up – and expected to go even higher – and consumers are understandably concerned. At the center of the issue, fanning the on-going problem for poultry and dairy producers as well, is the Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza A virus (HPAI H5N1) virus infection. AgriTalk Host Chip Flory broached the topic with Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig on Tuesday.

2 months ago | agweb.com | Michelle Rook |Rhonda Brooks |Steve Cubbage |Chris Bennett

2 months ago | agweb.com | Jim Wiesemeyer |Tyne Morgan |Michelle Rook |Chris Bennett

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s confirmation hearings for the position of Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) are scheduled for this week. President Trump’s pick to lead the HHS Department is scheduled to appear twice this week: Senate Committee on Finance: Wednesday, Jan. 29, at 10 a.m. ET. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP): Thursday, Jan. 30, at 10 a.m. ET.

Jan 14, 2025 | thedailyscoop.com | Chris Bennett |Darrell Smith |Margy Eckelkamp |Matthew J. Grassi

Thomas Atwood dropped a hornet’s nest down his stepmother’s dress, ran for the fields, and never returned home. It was 1870 and he was 13. Young Thomas built a raft, floated down the Cumberland River, and unleashed an epic farming tale: 7’ giants, snuff-chewing women, hymnal chunkers, beehive cash hordes, panther hunts, entrepreneurial geniuses, and consummate survivors. It is the story of the Atwood clan, but also the chronicle of many a multi-generational farm family.