Heat and hail: A midsummer checkup on Kent County’s crops

An old agricultural adage says corn should be knee high by the Fourth of July.

Times have changed, according to farmer Denny Heffron, as corn is now planted earlier in the season and advances in farming technology have allowed the crop to grow faster and taller.

“It used to be [true],” Heffron said about aphorism. “Really, it needs to be waist high by the Fourth of July.”…

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