Grain Hauler Celebrates Milestone

Oct 27, 2020 at 09:39 AM CST
The 2020 seed corn harvest season came to a close last week for the Corteva/Pioneer plant in Toledo. Along with it came a celebration of a milestone for one Tama-Toledo farmer and truck driver. Quentin McCune of Tama has been hauling corn for the Pioneer plant in Toledo, now known as Corteva, for the past 60 years. Beginning in 1960, just five years after the seed corn plant was built, McCune and his brother Leonard spent decades hauling corn from the fields to the processing plant during harvest time. “It’s been a good run,” McCune said. “I hope to do it another year but I don’t know. It depends on my health and everything.”

Oct 27, 2020 at 09:39 AM CST

The 2020 seed corn harvest season came to a close last week for the Corteva/Pioneer plant in Toledo. Along with it came a celebration of a milestone for one Tama-Toledo farmer and truck driver. Quentin McCune of Tama has been hauling corn for the Pioneer plant in Toledo, now known as Corteva, for the past 60 years. Beginning in 1960, just five years after the seed corn plant was built, McCune and his brother Leonard spent decades hauling corn from the fields to the processing plant during harvest time. “It’s been a good run,” McCune said. “I hope to do it another year but I don’t know. It depends on my health and everything.”