It is the main story throughout much of the prime corn and soybean areas of the USA...cool almost cold weather slowing the development of a crop that in many cases had a slow start anyway due to late planting and cool wet weather to begin with. My own corn crop is not in any danger from frost, the only issue with it will be will all the rain cause the grain to sprout on the cob before it can be harvested, and harvest will be late, perhaps not starting before the middle of October on corn. The soybeans are loaded with blooms and pods, but seem to be at a standstill from lack of warm weather and sunshine. Sitting on the front porch yesterday evening with my wife enjoying the cool north breeze after an inch and a half rain I uttered what must have been a first for me during the first week of September...."what we need is 3 weeks of hot dry weather". If nothing changes there is every indication we will have a long and trying fall harvest, that will no doubt run nearly to Christmas for some.
I learned from both my father and my 7th grade Kansas history teacher that "the weather in Kansas goes from one extreme to the other". Perhaps that is our best hope, if we could go from a cool wet summer to a warm dry fall. That might be too much to ask, but why not hope for it.