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Is that a great pig or what!!!!! Only the Grand Champion Barrow at the Junior Show at the Illinois State Fair !!!! Congratulation to Dylan and the whole Decker family for growing and showing such a fine animal at the State Fair. (and well fed...it has such a good appetite it wants to eat even while taking pictures!)....Atkinson and all of us at AGF couldn't be prouder!!!!

Congratulations to Haley Haverback!!! 2010 Illinois State Fair Cattle Showmanship Champion!!!!

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.......here's the story....I got an email from Becky Geuns that said, "Fact....they call it pearlessence. It's what gives your lips the sparkle" .....I replied to her..."I will never look at pearl lips the same". I hit the send button and as I watched it go I realized that it was not going to Becky but it WAS going to our female representative, Cassandra, from Ameren, who had written me about the energy rates on our dryers. She wanted to know which rate we wanted and I replied...."I will never look at pearl lips the same".......oh my......

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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US Seeks Turkish Support Over Iran     09/04 10:02

   ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- The United States' top military officer stressed on 
Saturday the need for Turkey to help enforce United Nations sanctions against 
Iran aimed at deterring the Islamic Republic from obtaining a nuclear bomb.

   Turkey voted against the U.S.-backed sanctions against Iran in June, 
insisting that its neighbor's nuclear program is peaceful, despite fears that 
Tehran might be seeking to develop nuclear arms. Turkey has, however, stated 
that it will abide by the sanctions.

   Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters 
in the Turkish capital he did not plan to "question or rebut" Turkey over the 
vote and welcomed Turkey's stated intention to abide by those sanctions.

   The U.N. approved a fourth round of sanctions against Iran in early June 
over accusations that Tehran is seeking to develop atomic weapons. Iran denies 
its nuclear program is militaristic in nature and says it has a right to 
conduct uranium enrichment for peaceful purposes. Washington and other powers 
accuse Iran of seeking to build a nuclear weapon.

   Mullen said that both countries agree that Iran should not achieve "a 
nuclear weapons capability," and need "to do all that we can to ensure that."

   Mullen arrived in Ankara Friday to meet with his new Turkish counterpart, 
Gen. Isik Kosaner, who took office on Aug. 27. He also met with Turkey's prime 
minister and defense minister. No statements were released after those meetings.

   Mullen praised Turkey --- NATO's sole Muslim member state --- for its role 
in Afghanistan and said the United States would welcome any additional help it 
can provide.

   Turkey currently holds the rotating command of the international 
peacekeeping force guarding the Afghan capital, while Turkish instructors are 
training the Afghan army and police force.

   "We would like Turkey to sustain all of those efforts," Mullen said. "Any 
additional capabilities that Turkey can provide against the training shortfall, 
that would certainly be of great help."

   The U.S. military chief said Washington has no plans to withdraw its weapons 
from Iraq through Turkey, though the U.S. military has sought Turkish 
permission to transport some noncombat equipment from Iraq through its 
territory.

   Turkey has said it looks favorably on the passage of such equipment and 
technical material, but not arms, which would require parliament's approval.

   In 2003, Turkey refused to allow U.S. forces to use its territory to invade 
Iraq.


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