Northwest Iowa — While some areas of the state had fresh sweet corn available right after the Fourth of July, growers in northwest Iowa are just now rolling out their crop.
Lynn Buss has been growing and selling the Iowa favorite near Le Mars for the past 30 or more years and was worried the very dry conditions would leave him with no crop to sell this year. Rains in the last couple of weeks saved the crop — though the plants didn’t all develop together.
Buss says the most recent rains have been truly a blessing.
You have to plant sweetcorn at different times to ensure you have a continual supply throughout the season.
Buss is known as “Mr. Sweetcorn” around the area and he says everyone has after him about the arrival of the first ears.
Buss says he enjoys providing sweetcorn to people, but is thinking at 70 he may retire from the job in another year.
