A herdsman’s claim to AI

May 27, 2026
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Glenn Brunkow

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Did you ever feel like the rest of the world owes you for infringing on your normal, day-to-day life? That is how I feel when it comes to the term AI. I used to understand what it meant and how it was used in a sentence. That was back when it had one meaning, and that was only known to those of us in the animal side of agriculture.

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Glenn Brunkow is a fifth-generation farmer in the Northern Flint Hills of Pottawatomie County in Kansas. He was a county Extension educator for 19 years before returning to farm and ranch full time. He can be reached at editorial@midwestmessenger.com.