Ain't it the truth.

Our field actually has been one of the safest I've ever flown at. And it's simply because the farmer usually plants corn. And there is about 100 acres around our runway. Last year, we had the normal number of "crashes" and when the corn was up about a foot until it had been harvested, almost none of the models took any appreciable damage. If you had any problem with your model and could get it to at least go in somewhat flat, it was almost guaranteed that when you found it, there wouldn't be any damage at all.

When the farmer went to wheat, it looked like we weren't going to have our "padded" fields. Turns out that the stuff is just as cushiony if the airplane goes in level. It doesn't do spit for the ones that're hauling butt or almost vertical. But that stuff is better than plowed ground.

Only problem with the corn was finding the suckers when the corn was tall.