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May 7, 2026

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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

Good things take time

How many times have we witnessed major projects get announced and started with little thought about the planning or the order in which they must happen? Unfortunately, there are big announcements of expensive projects with inadequate planning, and too many of those projects get funding before adequate planning ahead of time.  How many times have we watched beautiful new expensive barns built in the wrong place or with little thought about orientation, elevation, ventilation, future expansion or spring flooding? Too

Cause before cure

The most expensive lessons are never forgotten. Ask an old farmer. Did you ever look out the plane window at

Read the signs

Have you ever paid a speeding ticket? There are the regular maximum speed signs on most roads, but then there

The rule of threes

A couple decades ago, I had a life altering experience. One Friday morning in late November I had a stroke

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