A sixth-generation producer is breaking into a niche market in the heart of the western Corn Belt.
“One thing about my shrimp is that I sell it with the head on, which is weird for some people,” says Grant Jones who lives near the Southwestern Nebraska town of Benkelman.
He says he’s been producing shrimp for over a year. “So far it’s been crazy. I have done like zero advertising and the phone seems to ring all the time especially the spring, summer and fall maybe gets a little slow in the winter.