When the heat index reaches the triple digits, questions arise about the impact on corn. Peterson Corn Product Manager Rick Swenson says most fields are just beginning to tassel, so the crop has not yet reached its most sensitive stage. “It’s hot, and everybody’s concerned about that, but one positive about where we live is we’re not Missouri, we’re not Illinois.” Recent rainfall has also provided a moisture cushion, and “the corn needed the heat to kind of push us along.”
