A lot of people have been more than happy to bring in their "trapped" moles for weigh-in and to join in the fun in our mole trapping contest...but...NOBODY untill now has brought in a LIVE mole to be weighed. You might recognize this representative from Foerder Enterprises near the Promised Land south of Annawan. She delivered Gracie's fine catch and helped with the exciting weigh-in as the mole was not particularly interested in being weighed at all.....lively little critter.....
May I Have Your Attention Please!! Let us know about your feed, chemical and fertilizer needs early this week. We are planning on being closed on Friday and Saturday in observance of the Fourth of July holiday. We plan on spending our weekend doing our best to honor our country and our four fathers.
The June 30 Stocks and Acres Report is out......not good.....the trade was expecting 1 million less acres of corn but instead the USDA raised corn acres by more than 2 mil acres. Surprise!!!! Corn stocks were also higher than expected. Soybean stocks were a little higher than expected but acres were a little lower than expected.....
The June 29 Crop Progress Report showed the corn in the US was 72% Good to Excellent...last week was 70% . Illinois was 58%...last week was 51%. Soybean ratings were 68% good to excellent vs 58 % last year. You can read the full report in map form from Advance Trading on the Crop Progress Reports icon next to the Nickname List down the left side of the screen under Newsletters.
****Fact or Crap.....July 2.... The Surface area of an adult 's small intestine is equivalent to a standard tennis court......... Fact or Crap??????? Please, Doug...no pictures..... ****Fact or Crap...July 2........ Julio Iglesias has a half brother who is 60 years younger than him................Fact or Crap????? Anybody?? Very Important Announcement!!!!!We have just received word that our sponsors of last years mole catching extravaganza ( Jim Livingston at the Mole Trap.com marketers of the Easy Set Mole Eliminator ) has graciously agreed to sponsor us again this year !!!!! They are offering $50 to the winner of each category. Categories are 1) Biggest Mole .......2) Most Moles.......and ......3) Most Attractive Mole Catcher
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!
Leaders in the Molehouse: Biggest Mole : Jim (Mole Stomper)Medema 213.3 grams! New World Record!!
Devin (Mole Dog) Drehman 188.7 grams!
Jim (Mole Stomper)Medema 184.5 grams!!
Most Moles :
Jim Medema 34 Moles !!!!
Ron VandeGenachte 26 Moles !!!!...sneaking up!!!!
Dick Ghys 10 Moles !!!!***Just added to 3rd place!
Willie Minnaert 8 Moles!!!
Randy Rahn 5 Moles!!!
Curt Lewis and Girls 5 Moles!!!
Jim Heller 5 Moles!!!
Rich Vanwynsberg 4 Moles !!
Devin Drehman 4 Moles !
Jerry DeSmith 3 Moles
Kent Blackert 3 Moles
4 tied at 2
8 tied at 1..........
Most Attractive trapper : Abby G Frank (A.G.F.) Contender
Beth Haverback Contender
The Lewis Girls Contender
Rich VanWynsberghe Not a Contender Dick Ghys Not a Contender Rest of the Riff Raff :
Ron VandeGenachte 174.9 grams
Steve VanDike 173.8 grams
Jim Medema 172.8 grams
Jim Medema 172.6 grams
Rich VanWynsberg 170.0 grams
Jim Medema 169.6 grams
Ron VandeGenachte 169.5 grams
Rich VanWynsberg 167.9 grams
Jim Medema 166.2 grams
Ron VandeGenachte 166.0 grams
Jim Medema 163.7 grams
Jim Medema 162.8 grams
Kent Blackert 161.4 grams
Jim Medema 161.3 grams
Ron VandeGenachte 160.5 grams
Ron VandeGenachte 160.0 grams
Randy Rahn 158.7 grams
Jerry DeSmith 157.7 grams
Jim Medema 157.7 grams
Jim Geuns 156.5 grams
Rich VanWynsberghe 154.5 grams
Deric Olson 154.2 grams
Willie Minnaert 154.0 grams
Randy Rahn 153.6 grams
Keith Carton (last years winner) 153.5 grams
Jim Medema 153.4 grams
Randy Rahn 153.1 grams
Ken DeSmith 152.8 grams
Randy Rahn 152.7 grams
Curt Lewis and Girls 152.4 grams
Jim Heller 152.4 grams
Dick Ghys 150.7 grams
Rich VanWynsbergh 149.8 grams
Ron VandeGenachte 149.8 grams
Jim Medema 149.6 grams
Kent Blackert 148.8 grams
Ron VandeGenachte 148.5 grams
Jim Medema 147.3 grams
Ron VandeGenachte 146.5 grams
Ron VandeGenachte 146.0 grams
Wes Roselieb 145.0 grams
Curt Lewis and Girls 144.9 grams
Ron VandeGenachte 144.8 grams
Randy Rahn 144.6 grams
Ken DeSmith 144.4 grams
Jim Medema 143.8 grams
Jim Medema 143.2 grams
Jerry DeSmith 143.0 grams
Willie Minnaert 141.9 grams
Ron VandeGenachte 140.6 grams
Jim Medema 140.4 grams
Devin Drehman 140.2 grams
Jim Medema 139.0 grams
Dick Ghys 138.9 grams
Willie Minnaert 138.5 grams
Jim Medema 136.8 grams
Ron VandeGenachte 136.4 grams
Ron VandeGenachte 136.4 grams
Jim Medema 136.0 grams
Dick Ghys 135.9 grams
Jim Medema 135.8 grams
Jim Medema 135.3 grams
Jim Medema 135.2 grams
Jim Heller 133.0 grams*
Dan Callison 132.2 grams
Jim Medema 132.1 grams
Curt Lewis and Girls 130.9 grams
Jim Medema 130.4 grams
Ron VandeGenachte 129.2 grams
Curt Lewis and Girls 129.1 grams
Deric Olson 128.5 grams
Ron VandeGenachte 128.1 grams*
Kent Blackert 127.8 grams
Jim Medema 127.8 grams
Jim Medema 127.1 grams
Jerry DeSmith 126.7 grams
Dick Ghys 125.5 grams
Jim Medema 125.4 grams
Devin Drehman 123.1 grams
Jim Medema 123.0 grams
Randy Noord 122.4 grams*
Jim Heller 121.9 grams*
Curt Lewis and Girls 121.7 grams
Devin Drehman 121.1 grams
Stan Storm 120.9 grams
Willie Minnaert 118.3 grams
Abby G Frank (A.G.F.) 117.8 grams
Dick Ghys 117.6 grams
Ron VandeGenachte 116.6 grams
Willie Minnaert 116.1 grams
Dick Ghys 112.9 grams
Jim Medema 111.9 grams
Ron VandeGenachte 111.1 grams
Jim Medema 110.8 grams
Jim Medema 110.1 grams
Jim Geuns 110.0 grams
Ron VandeGenachte 110.0 grams
Ron VandeGenachte 109.9 grams*
Ron VandeGenachte 109.2 grams
Willie Minnaert 109.0 grams
Dick Ghys 107.9 grams
Jim Medema 107.9 grams
Jim Medema 107.5 grams
Jim Heller 106.1 grams*
Ron VandeGenachte 106.0 grams*
Willie Minnaert 105.9 grams
Dick Ghys 105.7 grams
Gracie Foerder 104.8 grams*(Live Weight)
Jim Medema 104.4 grams
Willie Minnaert 103.7 grams
Keith Carton 103.2 grams*
Tim Anderson's cats 103.0 grams*
Keith Carton 102.8 grams*
Ron VandeGenachte 101.3 grams*
Dick Ghys 99.5 grams
Jim Heller 99.0 grams
Dick Ghys 98.8 grams
Mike Kerscheiter?? 98.5 grams*
Ron VandeGenachte 97.2 grams
Ron VandeGenachte 94.0 grams*
Ron VandeGenachte 93.5 grams*
Al Landwehr 91.5 grams
Ron VandeGenachte 89.0 grams*
Brian Wombeke **odorious mole 84.4 grams ** (94.4 - 10 gram penalty,
and double secret probation)