These are pictures and evidence of what happens to me at my wife's family dinners. As you can see, usually there is one common denominator involved....Gretchen....well....It just so happens that Friday is her birthday....her 40th birthday......I know that everyone would very much like to wish her a happy birthday before she gets too old and senility starts to set in....(it's happening already).....Her address is 404 West View Drive in Atkinson and her phone # is 936-7825 if you would need that information. Also....I hadn't realized it until she brought him over for a visit, but, Brett Farve isn't really all that tall......as you can see, I am much taller than him......surprising....

The USDA Crop Conditions Report for 07/19/10 - Corn was down 1% from 73 to 72 nationwide. Illinois was up 2% to 67%. Iowa was down 2% to 69%. Trade was expecting this........Soybeans were up 2% to 67% nationwide. Illinois was up 2% to 64%. Iowa was unchanged at 69%. Kentucky was the big changer - down 8% on beans and down 13% on corn. 

Yes....if you are wondering where it rained the other day and where it didn't rain, I can tell you this.....it was more or less just following our sprayers around all day....we get ready to spray-it clouds up and starts to rain...we quit-it quits....so , anyway , this was very inconvenient for us yesterday, but in August we again will be offering our $5 per acre rain offer and we will back it up by driving our sprayers around and pretending to spray for whoever needs rain.....

Something NEW has been added!!!!!! If you would like to receive twice daily text messages or emails that would tell you what the grain futures markets are doing and what our AGF cash markets are....you can sign up below. Under the futures markets below, there is an area for registering on the website. You can put your Name and phone # and your e-mail address in that area and let me know and I will get you lined up.

****Fact or Crap......07/19/10    
   Fish scales have been a key ingredient in lipstick........... Fact or Crap????  Yes, it's fact, and I can't believe how much trouble this got me into.......

If anyone has any information about any of the subjects that are under discussion on this or any other website or any newspaper or TV show or conversations between you and AGF employees or customers or anyone else that you might have talked to about anything, like moles, you can e-mail me at agfinc@nbsmail.net  .....thank you.  

 
  (About half of the comments made on these headlines have about a 50-50 chance of being true and usually don't reflect the opinionated opinions of Atkinson Grain or most of its employees!



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Oct 10 C0Z S0X
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January 11 C1H S1H
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Sep 10 383'0 393'2 382'2 392'6s 13'4 07/30
Dec 10 397'0 407'0 396'6 406'6s 13'0 07/30
Mar 11 409'4 418'4 409'4 418'6s 12'2 07/30
May 11 419'0 425'6 419'0 425'4s 11'4 07/30
Jul 11 427'0 432'2 427'0 432'0s 11'2 07/30
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Aug 10 1035'0 1051'0 1033'4 1052'4s 25'6 07/30
Sep 10 998'0 1011'4 997'0 1012'0s 19'2 07/30
Nov 10 994'0 1007'0 993'4 1005'0s 17'0 07/30
Jan 11 1000'0 1010'4 1000'0 1011'0s 15'4 07/30
Mar 11 1011'0 1011'0 1009'0 1013'0s 14'6 07/30
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Sep 10 637'0 662'4 636'6 661'4s 34'0 07/30
Dec 10 669'0 694'4 668'4 693'6s 34'2 07/30
Mar 11 692'0 712'0 692'0 713'4s 30'4 07/30
May 11 715'0 715'0 714'4 714'4s 26'2 07/30
Jul 11 696'4 709'4 696'4 710'2s 21'4 07/30
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Aug 10 91.875 92.725 91.800 92.650s 0.800 07/30
Oct 10 93.400 94.650 93.400 94.600s 1.125 07/30
Dec 10 95.500 96.375 95.500 96.225s 0.875 07/30
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Aug 10 84.850 86.000 84.650 85.825s 0.975 07/30
Oct 10 78.000 79.100 77.950 79.025s 0.950 07/30
Dec 10 75.000 75.750 75.000 75.400s 0.475 07/30
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Sep 10 10325 10450 10300 10417s 8 07/30
Dec 10 10351s 7 07/30
Mar 11 10292s 4 07/30
Jun 11 10237s 9 07/30
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Sep 10 141.07 141.18 141.00 141.00 - 0.03 07/30
Dec 10 139.50 - 0.03 07/30
Mar 11 139.00 - 0.03 07/30
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                             The Mole Report 
                                      2010 Edition

                      Leaders in the Molehouse:    

Biggest Mole : 
                       
1 Russ Bos                                      189.4 grams!!! 
2 Russ Bos                                      180.6 grams!!
3 Russ Bos                                      173.7 grams!!
4 Russ Bos                                      168.5 grams!!
5 Kent Blackert                              167.9 grams!!
6 Russ Bos                                      166.8 grams!!
7 Randy Rahn                                 165.7 grams!
8 Russ Bos                                      164.8 grams!
9 Alan Yager                                   163.7 grams!
10 Kent Blackert                            163.7 grams!
  


Most Moles :   
Jim "MoleStomper"Medema           15!!!!
Russ Bos                                              9 !!!
Kent Blackert                                      8 !!!
Keith Carton                                        8 !!!
Dick Ghys                                            7!!!
Alan Yager                                           5 !!! *
Tim Anderson                                      2 !!!!
Randy  "MoleBlaster" Stees             3!
Randy Rahn                                         4 !


Most Attractive trapper :
None of the Above......

Rookie of the Year Candidates :       
Alan Yager
Russ Bos
Randy"MoleBlaster" Stees


Rest of the Riff Raff :

Kent Blackert                      167.9 grams
Randy Rahn                         165.7 grams
Alan Yager                          163.7 grams
Kent Blackert                      163.7 grams
Kent Blackert                      157.8 grams
Tim Anderson                      156.4 grams
Alan Yager                          153.0 grams
Russ Bos                             150.8 grams
Kent Blackert                      147.5 grams
Alan Yager                          144.6 grams
Alan Yager                          144.5 grams
Russ Bos                             142.0 grams
Jerry Rodgers                      140.4 grams
Kent Blackert                      140.2 grams
Kent Blackert                      139.0 grams
Bill Waterman                      137.0 grams
Tim Anderson                      135.8 grams
Randy Rahn                         135.6 grams
Dean Verbeck                     134.6 grams
Jim Medema 15 Moles        133.2 grams average...
Dan Callison                        132.8 grams
Kent Blackert                      129.4 grams
Jim Geuns                            129.3 grams
Kent Blackert                      128.6 grams
Russ Bos                             127.8 grams
Randy Noord                      126.4 grams
Keith Carton                       119.9 grams
Alan Yager                          119.0 grams
Steve VanDike                    117.4 grams
Ron VandeGenachte            116.2 grams
Randy "MoleBlaster" Stees  115.8 grams (2 pieces)
Keith Carton   5 Moles        114.8 grams average...
Keith Carton                        114.3 grams
Randy " MoleBlaster" Stees 113.8 grams (2 pieces)
Keith Carton                       112.0 grams
Randy Rahn                         110.7 grams
Matt Dwyer                         108.8 grams
Randy " MoleBlaster" Stees 107.6 grams (1 piece)
Dick Ghys      7 Moles         106.2 grams average.....
Jim Geuns                             106.0 grams
Nick Frisk (Buckwheat the dog) 105.0 grams Live Wt!!!!
Willy and Barb Duncan         104.3 grams
Tom UPS Buser                    93.7 grams  live!
Randy Rahn                           60.8 grams New Record!

Alan Yager                            19.3 grams  disqualified by committee!!!*
 



 
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