Top 6 AgWeb Stories in 2021

While America Slept, China Stole the Farm

China has breached the inner walls of the U.S. agriculture industry in what has arguably been the most expansive heist in farming history.

Remarkable Rescue: Five Farmers Save Father and 6-Year-Old Son After Falling 70 Feet into a Well

On the evening of May 10, 2021, Brandon Leseberg was working cows while his sons, Louie and Everett, played. As Brandon was closing the gate to head home, his sons stopped for a drink at the water spigot nearby. All of a sudden Louie was nowhere to be seen.

U.S. Farming Loses the King of Combines

An American farming titan, Jessie Small, has passed on, and with him goes a sizable chunk of U.S. historical lore. For 62 years, Small barnstormed a career behind the wheel of a combine and racked up some of the highest acreage numbers of all time.

Where’s the Beef: Con Artist Turns Texas Cattle Industry Into $100M Playground

Fraud is the son of greed. In a high-risk, anxiety-inducing shell game with almost $100 million on the table, Tony Lyon pulled the strings on an outrageously intoxicating check-kiting scam, and piled lies atop a teetering Jenga tower for the ages.

Once, Twice, Sold! 80 Acres in Iowa Sold for $22,600 Per Acre, Sets New State Record

The bull run on Iowa farmland continued to play out in August 2021. Less than two weeks after an Iowa farm sold for $19,000 per acre, a new record sale of $22,600 per acre was posted.