Chris Judd is a farmer in Clarendon on land that has been in his family for generations.
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 weed control in grain and corn, which were off-shoots of chemicals developed during the war to defoliate brush and trees to expose the enemy hiding undercover. DDT was an off shoot of chemicals designed to kill or disable enemy forces.
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
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
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