The head of the Nebraska Corn Board says the state’s corn farmers help boost the economy.
Kelly Brunkhorst, executive director, tells Brownfield as farmers plant more corn, they purchase more inputs which invests more than $2 billion in local businesses. “This is an investment that we’re purchasing through local seed dealers, local cooperatives and suppliers that then they provide as opportunities for purchases on down the road from their suppliers,” Brunkhorst says. “This again continues to multiply through the economy of the state.”
He says farmers are expected to plant 9.9 million acres of corn this year.
