Corn field north of Albert Lea

[chochiyo_sama]

dry corn 012, a photo by Pirate Queen ChoChiyo on Flickr.

This is a little fuzzy, but you can see how dessicated the corn leaves are--they are completely shriveled and pointing straight up in the air like a cactus. The poor stuff is growing in very sandy soil. And there has been no rain here for far too long.