Alva Review-Courier -

KOKOMO, Ind. (AP) — Persistent wet weather has put many Indiana farmers well behind in getting their crops in the fields and has some wondering whether to even plant corn because it requires a longer growing season to reach maturity.

Kent Chism, who's farmed for most of his life in north-central Indiana's Howard County, said this is the most delayed planting season he's seen. With rain chances in the forecast for the rest of the week, he said it will be sometime in June before soggy fields dry out enough to support planting machinery.

"It's never been the case where we didn't have anything pla...