USUAL THIS SUMMER. IF YOU’RE GREATLY ANTICIPATING. DIDN’T GET TO THAT FIRST YEAR OF DELICIOUS, IOWA SWEET CORN THIS YEAR. THE GOOD NEWS IS THIS YEAR’S CROP IS EXPECTED TO TASTE AS GOOD AS IT USUALLY DOES THE BAD NEWS IS IT COULD TAKE A WEEK TO 10 DAYS LONGER THAN USUAL TO GET TO YOUR TABLE. IT WAS SO WET THIS SPRING THAT IT GOT PUT IN LATE AND IT’S BEEN COOLER SO FAR. WE’VE HAD A FEW HOT STRETCHES, BUT IT’S BEEN COOLER AND WETTER SO FAR SO IT’S GONNA BE LATER FOR US. SCOTT AND IBAUER IS A FIFTH GENERATION FARMER IN RADCLIFFE ALMOST A DECADE AGO. HE ADDED SWEET CORN TO HIS FARM. SO THERE’S THE TASSEL COMING OUT OF THE TOP OF THE PLANT. THAT’LL GET A LITTLE BIT HIGHER. WE WANT PART OF HIS SWEET CORN CROP. HE SHOWED US THE SIGNS THAT POINT TO A GOOD YIELD THE TASSEL RIGHT? THERE IS A VERY TOP OF THE PLANT IS JUST STARTING TO POKE OUT AND THEN IT’LL CREATE THE POLLEN. THAT’LL GET ON THE EAR AND THAT’LL POLLINATE THE EAR AND MAKE THE EAR FEEL OUT. HE IS ENCOURAED BY WHAT HE SEES ON HIS ROUGHLY 100 ACRES OF SWEET CORN. IT’S GONNA BE JUST AS GOOD. IT’S GONNA BE JUST AS BIG RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, WE’RE LOOKING OUT ON THIS FIELD. IT’S IT’S LOOKING REAL. NIGHTBAUER IS HOPING TO HARVEST HIS SWEET CORN BY MID-AUGUST. HE KNOWS THOUGH. MOTHER NATURE CAN CHANGE EXPECTATIONS IN A HURRY A LOT OF IT DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH RAIN WE CATCH IN JULY. HE CAUTIONED SWEET CORN LOVERS TO EXPECT TO PAY HIGHER PRICES THAN THEY’RE USED TO NOT BUYER SAYS THAT IS BECAUSE EVERYTHING ON THE FARMING SIDE OF THE BUSINESS HAS GOTTEN MORE EXPENSIVE I