Those who think Kevin VanDam may be a little otherworldly can always point to a cornfield growing in Michigan as proof.
Just a few miles from VanDam’s home in a 50-acre cornfield is the beginnings of a crop circle that is an exact replica of KVD’s logo. For the Area 51 crew, maybe this is one of those “ET phone home moments.”
Truthfully there is a field of corn with KVD’s logo growing near his home. Aliens had nothing to do with it. VanDam’s friends at Drobny Farms, however, had everything to do with it.
“I’ve grown up with the Drobny family,’’ VanDam said. “I’ve hunted and fished with them all my life. I went to school with them. My kids go to school with their kids. They farm some of the ground I own and they had the idea.”
While farming, along with fishing, is often misunderstood in the degrees of technology used by those who practice both, Drobny Farms utilizes the latest in technological advances in their business. Some of that allows them to actually program their seeding of crops to create artwork in their fields. By planting different varieties of corn in a precise manner logos can actually show up once the field starts to mature, and each plant with a slightly different color reveals the contrast.
Last season, Drobny Farms made a few headlines by planting the Michigan State Spartan in their fields. The Spartan logo was highlighted by Google Earth and planting and growing season around Michigan has been interesting ever since.
“It’s just one of those really cool and amazing things,’’ VanDam said. “They said, “hey, we can do your logo if you want. I gave them my logo and never thought anything of it until I got this photo.”
VanDam is known for having his logo stamped on just about everything in the fishing world, even creating colors like “Sexy Shad.” Now that he has spilled out into the cornfields. If you see some varieties of corn that carry some sort of moniker like “Sexy Corn” you will know where it came from.
Other field designs can be seen by visiting Drobny Farms on Facebook.