Sweet Corn Starting Off Slow, but Farmers Optimistic for the Season

Sweet corn season is a sure sign of summer, but farmers say this spring’s cooler temperatures and lack of rain have delayed the crop’s growth.
“The nighttime temperatures in May were very cold,” said John Cromwell, a Virginia Beach sweet corn grower and member of the Virginia Beach Farm Bureau’s board of directors. “We had many nights in the mid- and low 50s. For us down here on the coast, that’s really cold.”
Cromwell said he had to start irrigating in May up until Memorial Day weekend because of the dry weather. Despite this, he remains upbeat as he readies for the summer sweet corn season, which runs from now through early September.

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