10. Radio ads during sports broadcasts feature seed corn, soybean hybrid, fertilizers, and the like.
9. During the recession, Iowa’s unemployment rate was 2–4% lower than the national rate.
8. Unbearable hot, humid summer days and nights are interrupted by cooler, less humid reprieves that make a person appreciate good weather.
6. Drives in the country on summer Sunday afternoons or evenings.
5. Fresh produce stands from June through September.
4. Soil so rich your son, whose college major is Soils, takes pictures of garden dirt when he comes for a visit.
3. After a childhood devoid of raptors, the eagles and falcons are back, soaring on the updrafts.
2. The green, verdant beauty of our country lane, which brings tears to my eyes each time I drive home.
1. Sweet corn, sweet corn, and more sweet corn.
