Hunnicutt: ‘There is really huge opportunities in Kenya’

Giltner corn grower discusses mission to Kenya

  • On his trade mission trip to Kenya in February, Giltner farmer Brandon Hunnicutt (right) receives gifts from Dr Gideon Maina, Vice Chancellor of Pioneer International University. The school was founded by the man who was the first Pioneer Seed dealer in Kenya and is known as the “Warren Buffett of Kenya.”
    On his trade mission trip to Kenya in February, Giltner farmer Brandon Hunnicutt (right) receives gifts from Dr Gideon Maina, Vice Chancellor of Pioneer International University. The school was founded by the man who was the first Pioneer Seed dealer in Kenya and is known as the “Warren Buffett of Kenya.”
The African country of Kenya is a long ways from the corn and soybean fields of Hamilton County. In fact, it took local farmer Brandon Hunnicutt more than 30 hours to get there by plane on flights that took him through Dubai in the Middle East. However, he and other Nebraskans are increasingly seeing the East African nation as a potential partner in trade, including as a market for Nebraska corn…

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