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November 19, 2025

Chris Judd

Things change

Today, everybody wants more health care, shorter work days and weeks, better roads, and less taxes. There once was a sign in an auto repair

Short-sighted economists

A few days ago I was asked what OECD is. A couple days later, it showed up in one of my morning agricultural information emails.

Why did our ancestors come here?

As we head to the polls with pride in our towns, municipalities, and county, we sometimes wonder why our ancestors would leave a settled country

Mistakes are slow to correct

We are in election season. Most candidates are preaching that they can do better, but without very many or no solutions to problems that in

Do your part

More than a decade ago, I wrote a series of articles for an agricultural paper. The series was called The Seven Bank Accounts of a

Slow changes to the pesticide bills

Farmers have been wondering about what’s the next new herbicide around the corner. After WWII, there were some new tools in the farmers toolbox to

An old farmer’s fall thoughts

As the nights get colder, the kids are back to school or far away at college. Everybody that is still with us has celebrated another

The backroom battle

Dad used to say, “Any day that you don’t learn something, is a lost day!” I’ve had many of those days too. As the health

Psychology: positive versus negative

When most people my age (over 75) went to school, college, or more, we didn’t take psychology. We basically were taught the three Rs: Redin,

When to harvest

A couple days ago, a friend asked me: “When do you pick grapes for wine?” After I gave a very quick answer – “later on

Things change

Today, everybody wants more health care, shorter work days and weeks, better roads, and less taxes. There once was a sign in an auto repair shop that said, “everybody wants their car repairs faster, better, and cheaper!” We all know

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Short-sighted economists

A few days ago I was asked what OECD is. A couple days later, it showed up in one of my morning agricultural information emails. It’s an international group of economists that work together to try to promote sustainable economic

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Why did our ancestors come here?

As we head to the polls with pride in our towns, municipalities, and county, we sometimes wonder why our ancestors would leave a settled country and good neighbours to take a dangerous trip across that Atlantic where icebergs, storms and

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Mistakes are slow to correct

We are in election season. Most candidates are preaching that they can do better, but without very many or no solutions to problems that in some cases were started 30 or more years ago.  Before we built our last dairy

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Do your part

More than a decade ago, I wrote a series of articles for an agricultural paper. The series was called The Seven Bank Accounts of a Farmer. Whether you are a farmer or not, the same seven bank accounts still apply. 

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Slow changes to the pesticide bills

Farmers have been wondering about what’s the next new herbicide around the corner. After WWII, there were some new tools in the farmers toolbox to control the weeds and insects. They included 2,4,5-T (brush killer), 2,4-D and MCPA for broadleaf

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An old farmer’s fall thoughts

As the nights get colder, the kids are back to school or far away at college. Everybody that is still with us has celebrated another birthday this year and we reminisce about our old friends that left us this year

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The backroom battle

Dad used to say, “Any day that you don’t learn something, is a lost day!” I’ve had many of those days too. As the health care industry became one of the largest industries in the world, we began to ask

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Psychology: positive versus negative

When most people my age (over 75) went to school, college, or more, we didn’t take psychology. We basically were taught the three Rs: Redin, Rightin, and Rithmatic. Mrs. McCord tried to get us more “cultured” by teaching poetry and

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When to harvest

A couple days ago, a friend asked me: “When do you pick grapes for wine?” After I gave a very quick answer – “later on in September” – I began thinking about all the different things that are taken into

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