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December 17, 2025

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Chris Judd is a farmer in Clarendon on land that has been in his family for generations.

Chris Judd, The Equity

You ‘can’t’ or you ‘shouldn’t’

When a young Canadian was told, “you can’t build something that can fly,” that just made the challenge even greater for J.A.D. McCurdy in the Silver Dart designed by an association founded by Alexander Graham Bell. He just proved that some things are more difficult than others, but not impossible. J.A.D. McCurdy did make the first flight, if only 800 meters above the ice of Baddeck Bay, Nova Scotia. When Christopher Columbus began to prepare for the “first trip across

Time for a chat with Grandpa

When I started ag college almost 60 years ago, the extensive use of chemicals on the farm was just becoming

AI on the farm

At a recent AGM of the Quebec Farmers’ Association, the subject of AI (artificial intelligence) came up. As I looked

Headhunting

A modern day headhunter is some person that recruits top people for whatever field they work in.  We know several

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