Friday, September 4th, 2009
Photo by Nancy Allen/The Daily Standard

Chris Gibbs, executive director of the Mercer County Farm Service Agency, examines some corn west of Celina. The ear is tiny and the plant is dry, the story in many corn fields in the county.

Related online story:
The worst crops in the nation are located in a small area that includes Mercer and Auglaize counties, even though record crops are being predicted nationwide this year, an area ag official said on Thursday. [More]
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