deadlines

Pretty soon it will be plant now or hold til next year for grain farms here in the north country.  According to Co-operative extension service, June 1 is the drop dead date for planting corn for grain.  After that it is only good for silage.  I wonder if they are taking note of the increasingly longer and milder fall weather we have been experiencing over the past 10 years?  Meanwhile, veg crops are being delayed and the best time to plant sweet corn for summer eating is fast passing.  While it is still delicious in mid Sept., far fewer people eat the stuff after labor day, and up here, the seasonal population has fled to their winter homes by then.  Of course, even if it was planted on time, the continuous rains have made a mess of the germination and cultivation is out also.  My small plantings are virtually swimming right now, so I doubt there will be any sweet corn at casa Monzeglio any time soon.