Hang on to your Cornhead hats, Nebraska.
They’re becoming a rarer piece of headwear.
The 20-inch iconic ears of foam disappeared from the market more than two years ago, after their only producer — Foamation Inc. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin — stopped making them, and then stopped answering emails from its Nebraska buyer.
And fans are hungry.
“We’ve had so many people asking about them this year,” said Hannah Nelson, manager of the Alumni Hall store near 11th and P. “We’ve put in requests for corn hats, but we haven’t got them.