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June 11, 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

Sometimes we learn from another farmer

Twenty-some years ago, our old corn planter was getting tired after many years of planting corn, and the newer ones had more accurate seed placement. After looking around in the farm paper classifieds, I found a newer 12-row planter in western Ontario at a farm that didn’t do custom work. The farmer planted his own 800 acres each year and after using that old one for four years, he ordered a new one. When Jeannie and I went to pick

Mother Earth

A half century ago, I wrote about the seven bank accounts of a farmer. Many of our readers can remember

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