Freeze Warning issued April 19 at 8:43AM EDT until April 20 at 10:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 expected.
* WHERE...Portions of east central and southeast Indiana and southwest and west central Ohio.
* WHEN...From 2 AM to 10 AM EDT Monday.
* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Today 53° Today 53° 31° 31° slight chance widespread frost Tomorrow 49° Tomorrow 49° widespread frost 36° 36° frost
Friday, February 25th, 2011
Photo by Mark Pummell/The Daily Standard

Celina area farmer Jeff Rasawehr kneels in a field he planted with red clover, a type of winter cover crop. Having at least 90 percent of vegetative cover is one requirement of the new rules for wintertime manure application in the Grand Lake Watershed. Cover crops help prevent manure from running off the land when snow melts or rain arrives.

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GRAND LAKE - If ag producers don't step up, their livelihoods could be at stake, according to a local agriculture official.
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