The Des Moines Register reports that there will be no Iowa sweet corn this Fourth of July — a holiday-barbecue favorite for generations — thanks to global warming an unseasonably cold, wet spring.

Sweet corn purists who demand the Iowa-grown variety at their cookouts will be disappointed this Fourth of July weekend. A double punch of a cold spring and then wet fields has delayed the locally grown sweet corn that is one of Iowa’s most visible symbols. Those who want the treat for holiday cookouts will have to settle for corn grown mostly in Georgia and Florida. “I didn’t think it would be this bad, but this will be the first time in years we won’t have our own sweet corn for the Fourth of July,” said Boone sweet corn grower Wilbur Scott.

Hat-tip to Tom Nelson.