Jeremy Bony, a farmer, holds a corn stem to show the normal expected height of the crop in his drought affected maize field near Campuac, France, on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015. In France, where corn might typically reach 3 meters (9.8 feet), many plants are still less than 1.5 meters, according to Luc Esprit, the director general of Maiz'Europ' trade organization. Photographer: Balint Porneczi/Bloomberg via Getty Images