Corn can't wait for rain. It has to have copious amounts when it's filling out the ears.

Once the water comes out it freezes, and that produces copious amounts of ice particles.

Everybody goes. When the rain falls, it's beautiful. There are beans, corn. But when there's no rain, it's let's go to work, to eat.

When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour's standing corn.

And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole

And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.