Chris Bennett

Associate Editor, Western Farm Press

Contact cbennett@farmpress.com

A native of Helena, Ark., Bennett is a graduate of Missouri State University.

He has been an associate editor with Farm Press for five years.

Posts by Chris Bennett

by Chris Bennett in Farm Press Blog May. 14, 2013

Supreme Court stuffs seed patents back in Pandora’s box

The High Court squeezed seed patents back into Pandora’s box, but more cases will come....More

by Chris Bennett in Farm Press Blog May. 14, 2013

Wine skeptic takes on climate change report

Welcome to the great wine scare of 2013. It's adios to California's premium wines and adieu to Bordeaux....More

by Chris Bennett in Farm Press Blog May. 8, 2013

One bite or bullet from death for Hitler's food taster

For two and a half years, Margot Wolk was Adolf Hitler’s food taster — forced daily to play roulette and risk her life to protect his....More

by Chris Bennett in Farm Press Blog May. 7, 2013

New GM crop wave may ease Frankenfood fright

A new wave of grocery aisle GM crops with clear-cut benefits to consumers may succeed in diminishing the volume of rhetoric from the Frankenfood cult....More

by Chris Bennett in Farm Press Blog May. 1, 2013

Farmland — gold you can eat

Talk of bubbles or crashes hasn’t put a dent in the farmland market, and if the end is nigh — nobody is blinking....More

by Chris Bennett in Farm Press Blog Apr. 29, 2013

Killing cattle softly: slaughterhouse or gun?

The stress-free, gunshot method approach to livestock slaughter is not viable. In the real world cattle industry where production and efficiency are....More