Kane County Corn Growers Annual Golf Outing
Join us for our most enjoyable event of the year. This year our golf outing will be held on July 28 at Bliss Creek Golf Club in Sugar Grove. Shotgun start at 11:00 am. Registration begins at 10:00 am. Sign up has now begun, please call Bob Biddle at 630-217-2753 to register by July 23 to reserve your spot. The cost is $50 per member and $65 for non-members. Dinner and door prizes will be provided after golf.
Hope to see you there!
With the soybean planting completed yesterday, all planting is completed in the plot. Everyone is welcome to stop by and view the plot anytime. A complete diagram of the plot will be available soon right here!
Today is the day. FIRST trials will be planting our randomized replicated trials at the corn plot today. Looking forward to a great competition with some great triple stack corn varieties!
We have announced the winners of our 2014 scholarships. Competition was tough this year, and we are dealing with a slightly tighter budget then years past. Even with budget constraints, we were able to award $6000 in scholarships this year! We will continue to contribute as much money as we can to our scholarship program. We feel this is one of the most important things we can do to give back to our members and the community. The recipients of the $1500 Kane County Corn Growers scholarships for 2014 were:
Jason Biddle
Mitchell Dienst
Tyler Fabrizius
Erin Kettelkamp
Congratulations to our winners!
On Friday February 7, 2014 President Jeff Keifer and Vice President John Biddle visited senator Jim Oberweiss to talk about key issues facing production agriculture today. This program, created by the Farm Bureau, provided a way for our organization to communicate important issues to our elected officials. We shared a nice lunch with the Senator and his staff and will continue to support this program.
Our next board meeting is set for tomorrow night 11/7. The board will review the data from our annual corn hybrid plot. Soon after the results will be posted here and also sent out electronically to our seed reps. Copies of the plot results will also be available at the Elburn Co-op office in Elburn, IL. We will also release a report summarizing results from our soybean fungicide trial. Stay tuned………..
The corn plot is being harvested this morning using specialized equipment. We are hoping to deliver some great results for our seed reps very soon. Early observations show a very big range of yields. Stay tuned for pictures and results
Elections were held for officers and committees at the last meeting of the board on October 1, 2013. Results are as follows:
President – Jeff Keifer
Vice President – John Biddle
Secretary – Karl Gust
Treasurer – Bob Biddle
Plot Committee Chairman – Nick Nagele
Education Committee Chair – Mike Dienst
Public Relations Chair – John Biddle
Social Committee Chair – Bob Biddle
We look forward to serving our members for the coming year!
Randy Pauli is officially honored for his years of service to the board. The former President of the association was awarded a lifetime membership to the Illinois Corn Growers Association, and made an honorary life member of the Kane County Corn Growers. Current President, Jeff Keifer presented Pauli with the award last week. “Thank you Randy for your years of service.”
