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Freeze Warning issued April 25 at 3:32AM EDT until April 25 at 9:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 31.
* WHERE...Hardin, Mercer, Auglaize, Shelby, Logan, Union, Delaware, Champaign and Licking Counties.
* WHEN...Until 9 AM EDT this morning.
* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.

Friday, April 5th, 2013

Photo by Nancy Allen/The Daily Standard

Ohio Department of Agriculture Director David Daniels tours Brownhaven Dairy in Auglaize County on Thursday after speaking at a monthly ag breakfast meeting in Celina about proposed legislation that would require certification for people who apply manure or manmade commercial fertilizer.

Related online story:

New manure, fertilizer rules in the works

Proposed legislation would create new statewide regulations for those who apply manure and manmade commercial fertilizers to farmland.

Officials previously said the rules, expected to be introduced in the state legislature this year, would apply only to manmade fertilizers. [More]

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