New normal

It seems the weather is dealing everyone a few wild cards this spring.  For much of the middle atlantic and northeast, cooler than normal weather has held sway and delayed planting of many warm weather crops.  The west coast has had more rain than normal which has impacted quality of many of their salad crops, especially spinach.  Meanwhile, in flyover country, people are dealing with tornadoes and drenching rain on a daily basis.  It remains to be seen if planting of corn and soybeans will be affected.  The steady drumbeat of bad weather news seems a little louder than many previous years.  Usually one section or another is affected by wild weather.  This year it seems like everyone is dealing with a joker in the deck.