Rainfall shortage varies by location

SALEM — Sunday’s rainfall helped crops, as will the humidity forecast for this week.

However, the shortage of rain in Columbiana, Mahoning and Trumbull counties in Ohio may mean farmers will have average crops this year instead of great ones.

Lawrence and Mercer counties in Pennsylvania have had similar shortages. The state has issued a warning about potentially low groundwater supplies, but not a warning about crops.

George Houk, chief field assistant for the U.S. Department of Agriculture office in Salem, and a farmer in Mahoning County, said any problem “depends on where you are and what you are growing.”

For more, see Tuesday’s Vindicator or Vindy.com