A farmer plants a field south of Rockford on Tuesday evening. Ag officials in Mercer and Auglaize counties expect most farmers will get into their fields after the anticipated rain today.

Between 5 and 10 percent of the corn in Mercer and Auglaize counties has been planted and little to no beans, local ag officials reported this week. "Planting corn at this time is agronomically sound, even though we could get f . . .