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February 25, 2026

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Outstanding in His Field

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

Why?

One plus that this COVID slow down, lockdown, don’t travel time has caused us to do is think why. Why can’t we go on a

Carbon tax

CHRIS JUDD What does an old farmer with not too much education know about carbon tax? Not as much as most of you reading this

Lost technologies

CHRIS JUDD Many of man’s biggest breakthroughs in technology only lasted a few years. The typewriter revolutionized the communication industry when writing by some reporters

How did that bug get here?

Since the beginning, bugs, diseases, bacterial infections, viruses, etc. have appeared in all corners of the world and nobody knew where they came from. In

The office

My first thoughts about the office was when a teacher at school sent you to the office, it was usually not good. When my parents

Engineered safety

Canada’s official Farm Safety Week was the second week in March just as it is every year. It is imperative to give a strong reminder

Change

“If only grandpa could see this.” How often have we said this when we were introduced to something new? When our first old, articulated Versatile

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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Why?

One plus that this COVID slow down, lockdown, don’t travel time has caused us to do is think why. Why can’t we go on a vacation? Is this climate change a hoax? A farmer asking “why is my soil getting

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Carbon tax

CHRIS JUDD What does an old farmer with not too much education know about carbon tax? Not as much as most of you reading this article. This is one of those articles that I hope challenges you to . .

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Lost technologies

CHRIS JUDD Many of man’s biggest breakthroughs in technology only lasted a few years. The typewriter revolutionized the communication industry when writing by some reporters was so bad it was almost . . .

Read More »

How did that bug get here?

Since the beginning, bugs, diseases, bacterial infections, viruses, etc. have appeared in all corners of the world and nobody knew where they came from. In biblical times, clouds of . . .

Read More »

The office

My first thoughts about the office was when a teacher at school sent you to the office, it was usually not good. When my parents said, “He goes to the office every day to work,” it was assumed that person

Read More »

Engineered safety

Canada’s official Farm Safety Week was the second week in March just as it is every year. It is imperative to give a strong reminder to our farmers every year because farming is still one of Canada’s most dangerous jobs.

Read More »

Change

“If only grandpa could see this.” How often have we said this when we were introduced to something new? When our first old, articulated Versatile tractor arrived and I could pull a 24 foot disk up any hill on the

Read More »

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