Corn "Popping" On the Stalk? Not Exactly A Redenbacher Fantasy

[bijou]

When the AP today moved a story about the oppressive heat causing corn to “pop” on the stalk at one Kentucky farm, readers might have imagined that the fields had received a magical Redenbacherian dusting.

Sadly, as seen in this photo snapped by farmer Patrick Preston, the hot and dry conditions have actually triggered what agriculture experts call “popped kernel.” ...http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/popcorn/corn-popping-stalk-not-exactly-redenbacher-fantasy

[obx]

I was walking beside a field of pop corn with my dog one August. It was so hot the pop corn started popping. The dog thought it was snow and laid down and froze to death.
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