Every year when we turn the page of the calendar to the month of August on the farm, we start assessing how the current growing season is going. Part of the reason for this is that there often isn't much that can be done to change the course of the season at this point unless you are looking at shorter, late season crops. Mistakes that were made early are now being paid for and gambles that were made are either paying out or are in our list of 'don't do that agains.'