40 YEARS and Going Strong

Four decades in, the Corn Items Collectors Assn. (CICA) is still going strong. And members agree on the benefits of membership. As collectors, they say they appreciate the camaraderie, the shared knowledge and the opportunity to learn about America’s agricultural tradition through corn-related relics of the past.

“Farming in this country didn’t start with a $400,000 piece of equipment,” notes CICA Secretary/Treasurer Dave VandenBoom.

Founded in 1981 as the International Corn Husking Hooks and Pegs Collectors Assn., the group’s name was changed to Corn Items Collectors Assn. in 1986. The group’s formal mission is to promote the collection, restoration, preservation and display of corn-related items. Today CICA has about 180 members located in 44