Well, we have done a pretty good hijack job on this thread! At least we aren't bashing Erica, huh. The corn situation in central Nebraska has changed quite radically in the past few years. Shortly before the ethanol plant boom, quite a few farmers started raising white corn contracted to Frito-Lay for their products (there is a pretty good size Frito-Lay facility in Lexington, NE. Then as demand for ethanol corn grew, the white corn planting diminished, (and the price of Doritos went up!) as more corn was being grown for ethanol. In my immediate area (not directly on river bottom like the farms near I-80) many have gone to popcorn contracted to Jiffy Pop and Orville Redenbacher because of the good yields and the hardiness of the plant itself.
Hey, Alan Loder, how's THAT for a hijack? Are ya proud of me?