dr. babcock thank you so much for joining me. >> nice to be with you. >> stephen: mr. babcock is it hot enough for you? >> it's very hot in iowa right now. it's up to 98 to 100 for almost the last two weeks. >> stephen: iowa that's corn country. what -- how is the crop doing this year? >> it's dying right now. i've been riding my bike through a bunch of corn fields in iowa and the crop looks like it's a disaster. >> stephen: when you say disaster and that's it is dying, how much of the corn crop will be affected by the drought? >> almost all the crop is going to be affected because rainfall didn't occur really much of any place in iowa or at illinois and add indiana to that. >> stephen: all is a large percentage of the crop s. that going to affect me? i don't enjoy like eating corn on the cobb. is that going to affect my life? i'm more of a, you know, soda pop and corn chips guy. >> you won't need to worry about sodie pop and corn chips or corn on the cobb. when you need to worry about is eggs, chickens, dairy products, the mozzarella cheese on your pizza, your beef and