Brent Bible farms soybeans and corn in Tippecanoe, Montgomery and Clinton counties. Bible, a Purdue University graduate, serves on the board of Tipmont & Wintek, recently awarded the State of Indiana’s largest rural broadband grant to date, $16 million, to further expand broadband across rural communities. Photo courtesy Tom Campbell/Purdue University
TIPPECANOE COUNTY – For Brent Bible, a soybean and corn farmer, spring planting season also involves building the infrastructure for a critical asset in rural farming.
Broadband access.
Available broadband service, said Bible, is as vital in his industry today as electricity was a century ago.
"We’ve seen over the past five to 10 years," said Bible, who farms acreage in Tippecanoe, Montgomery and Clinton counties, "internet access has become less of a luxury and more of a necessity."
Bible, a Purdue University graduate, serves on the board of Tipmont REMC & Wintek, recently awarded the state of Indiana’s largest rural broadband grant to date, $16 million, to further expand broadband across rural communities.
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