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December 17, 2025

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Chris Judd

Signs and balance

Fifty years ago, nobody specialized in environmental science because there were no jobs when you graduated. I can remember when the first classes were offered

Soil

Twenty-five years ago I wrote a series of articles: “The seven bank accounts of a farmer”(Soil, seed, continuous education, the “team,” neighbours, politics, and money).

Why were we not informed?

I am writing this article because over my lifetime of farming I have been asked many times “why can we no longer buy: many herbicides,

The last big Canadian train robbery

When Canada was first settled, most immigrants came to Canada for the opportunity to get free land and farm. Whether they came from Germany, Prussia,

The first big trade

The first big trade in my life wasn’t a trade on the stock market that could have made me a million or put me bankrupt.

Respect, compliance, change

Farmers may be the first to get the true meaning of these three words. When they work their fields they will come to low spots

Be prepared

Anyone who went to Boy Scouts or had a son who attended Boy Scouts will remember their motto (Be prepared!) This was a lesson for.

Politics in agriculture

Several times, I have mentioned the seven bank accounts of a farmer. The most important being soil and money being the seventh. Politics is the

It’s only a Band-Aid fix

From when we were little kids, our moms used a Band-Aid to fix serious cuts, minor scrapes and even imaginary injuries. Just as Band-Aids must be

Adjusting to climate change

Although some still deny that climate change is real, after decades of doing research and keeping records, all the evidence proves that climate change is

Signs and balance

Fifty years ago, nobody specialized in environmental science because there were no jobs when you graduated. I can remember when the first classes were offered at McGill on environmental problems and they were not very popular. Now most universities offer

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Soil

Twenty-five years ago I wrote a series of articles: “The seven bank accounts of a farmer”(Soil, seed, continuous education, the “team,” neighbours, politics, and money). After twenty five years; I still realize that “soil” is still the most important “bank

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Why were we not informed?

I am writing this article because over my lifetime of farming I have been asked many times “why can we no longer buy: many herbicides, insecticides, mouse killers, etc.?” Many of the poisons that have been removed from sales, except

Read More »

The last big Canadian train robbery

When Canada was first settled, most immigrants came to Canada for the opportunity to get free land and farm. Whether they came from Germany, Prussia, France, England, Scotland, Ireland, USA, or any other country, freedom from political strife, and the

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The first big trade

The first big trade in my life wasn’t a trade on the stock market that could have made me a million or put me bankrupt. It wasn’t for my first new truck or car. It wasn’t for a rotary combine,

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Respect, compliance, change

Farmers may be the first to get the true meaning of these three words. When they work their fields they will come to low spots that are too wet to work. There will be hilltops that don’t grow as well

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Be prepared

Anyone who went to Boy Scouts or had a son who attended Boy Scouts will remember their motto (Be prepared!) This was a lesson for. . .

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Politics in agriculture

Several times, I have mentioned the seven bank accounts of a farmer. The most important being soil and money being the seventh. Politics is the one seldom mentioned. . .

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It’s only a Band-Aid fix

From when we were little kids, our moms used a Band-Aid to fix serious cuts, minor scrapes and even imaginary injuries. Just as Band-Aids must be changed until the injury is healed, other Band-Aid fixes keep reoccurring until the cause is pinpointed

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Adjusting to climate change

Although some still deny that climate change is real, after decades of doing research and keeping records, all the evidence proves that climate change is real.  The ice caps at both the north and south poles are decreasing year after

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