Freeze Warning issued October 25 at 1:27AM EDT until October 25 at 10:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures around 30 degrees are likely.
* WHERE...Portions of east central Indiana and central, south central, southwest, and west central Ohio.
* WHEN...Until 10 AM EDT this morning.
* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
33° 33° frost Sat 57° Sat 57° widespread frost 39° 39° Sun 59° Sun 59°
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Saturday, October 5th, 2013
Photo by Mark Pummell/The Daily Standard

A farmer harvests soybeans in an area field near a woods. Woodlands are more scarce locally than in other areas of Ohio mainly because the acres are needed to fill a shortage of available farmland, experts say.

Related online story:
Trees disappearing as area farms continue to branch out
GRAND LAKE AREA - More than two-thirds of forests dotting the local countryside have vanished in the last 70 years.
Cornstalks, soybean plants and grazing pastures now exist on thousands of farmland acres that once were home to towering maples, oaks and other trees. [More]
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