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April 16, 2026

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Chris Judd

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

Life on the farm continues

Just as in wartime and other political upheaval, devastating plagues, polio outbreaks, SARS, and smallpox, all through this worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, farms and farmers continue

The politicians are at it again

In the spring of 2014, we were lucky enough to be one of three couples who visited Ireland together. One couple had very close ties

Week 60

It was March 14, 2020 when the world health organization and many countries in our world informed us that we were in a serious pandemic.

That extra minute

Today, in a world where productivity is measured by how many pieces you produce per hour, or how many acres you can till up per

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. . .

Read More »

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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Life on the farm continues

Just as in wartime and other political upheaval, devastating plagues, polio outbreaks, SARS, and smallpox, all through this worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, farms and farmers continue to carry on their job as in normal times. Crops must be planted and harvested

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The politicians are at it again

In the spring of 2014, we were lucky enough to be one of three couples who visited Ireland together. One couple had very close ties and relatives in Northern Ireland. Another couple had . . .

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Week 60

It was March 14, 2020 when the world health organization and many countries in our world informed us that we were in a serious pandemic. It was then, that many of the world’s inhabitants began in earnest to rethink what

Read More »

That extra minute

Today, in a world where productivity is measured by how many pieces you produce per hour, or how many acres you can till up per day, or in the fall when you get your snow tires installed, how many sets

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