For sure the heat is a deterrent this time of year, nothing worst than sweating and batting the bugs away.
I'd like to make a point about Ag. fields that separates the northern portion of our country and the southern Ag. fields of the south.
Its obvious that the northern states were colonized and developed before the southern states, thus longer time for early drops does give us northerners an advantage. Tom is so jealous....
Here's the difference between the northern states and southern states Ag. fields in MY opinion.
The northern fields have been worked by land owners and land owner hired labor (free people with coins and valuables in their pockets) and the southern fields have been worked by mostly slave labor
that had little to any real money to lose.
This is my theory for the lack of valuable field drops in the south compared to the north.
Good luck to everyone and be careful in the heat.