30 It’s Farming. And It’s Better. Better Farming | April 2024 Nutrient Loss FARMING IN A CHANGING LANDSCAPE ‘There were 20-some dairy farmers on that road, & then we were the last ones.’ By Emily Croft UP CLOSE Amelia Judge farms alongside her family just outside of the booming subdivisions of Caledon, where they deal with growing populations, busier roads, and disappearing farms. The Judge family have a dairy farm and a herd of beef cows, and they also cash-crop and finish fat steers and heifers. They grow grain and silage corn, soybeans, alfalfa and timothy hay, red clover, and barley. Much of the corn is used for feed for their own cattle, but excess corn and all soybeans are marketed off the farm. The family also combine their red clover to sell for seed. Amelia has been on the farm fulltime for nearly seven years, but her family has been involved in agriculture for generations. Her grandfather bought their home farm in 1938 and she has worked on it since she was a child. “Our whole family has always been farming. The Judge family has strong agricultural roots in Caledon. They first came to the area in the 1830s from Ireland. Almost 200 years later, and we are farming just a few roads over from the original homestead – and we do still rent the original Judge The Judge Family: Amelia with her brother William, father Bruce, and uncle Allan. Amelia Judge photo Doing something interesting on your farm? With crops, machinery or livestock? We want to know! Paul.Nolan@Farms.com TELL US WHAT YOU’RE UP TO
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