Hometown Farmer - Lynn Buss selling sweet corn
LE MARS, Iowa — He's a familiar face if you live in Northwest Iowa and you like sweet corn.
How did Lynn Buss' crop do in spite of a hot, dry summer?
Head to Le Mars, Iowa to find out this week in "Proud to be a Hometown Farmer."
When you're sitting along a busy street just about every day, you get recognized.
"That happens all the time, people honking at you," said Lynn Buss with a laugh, as a car honked at him while he was standing outside his sweet corn stand in Le Mars. "It's a little spooky, you go around the community here and they say 'hello Lynn' and I don't have the vaguest idea really who they are. I assume they're a prior customer. But that's okay, that's okay."
When you're as well known as Lynn, people can't wait until they start seeing you ... and your truck full of sweet corn, too.
"About a month, maybe even two months ahead of time, they're starting to say 'how's the sweet corn coming?'" said Lynn.
Lynn's been selling his corn in the same spot in Le Mars, under a tree near Bob's Drive Inn for around 30 years.
This year has been dry and hot, but Lynn says the corn tastes good.
"There were times I was ready to chalk it off, but speaking not only for the sweet corn, the rest of the produce and the farm crops, I don't know where it got the wherewithal to do what it did in this area," said Lynn. "But we're going to get a modest yield."
Lynn thinks the corn might be a little sweeter because of the dry weather.
You'll find him, or one of his helpers here, selling fresh-picked sweet corn and more for the next couple of weeks.
Lynn sells a variety of other produce, too, like tomatoes, potatoes, melons and more.
His truck is usually sitting by Bob's Drive Inn from 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. most days.
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