After several dry weeks, something many of us in east-central Iowa have been glad to see, rain returned this past weekend. Looking across the crops, we appear to be shaping up for a fascinating fall. Some fields are on track to smash yield records, while others will post a zero or near zero due to late-season severe weather. And everything in between is out there, depending on management and when and how your farm got hit by rain. I think realistic expectations for this fall should be to be surprised on both the positive and negative side.