Southern Arizona in extreme drought conditions

According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, most of southeastern Arizona is under an extreme drought. Since the start of the year, we're more than 2-inches below average on rainfall. If you go back to October, we're nearly 4-and-a-half inches behind. This is creating major concerns for local farmers and ranchers. At Vaquero Feeds, they can't keep enough hay in stock. Just yesterday two truck loads were delivered. Barbara Jackson who owns the business says, "The drought is causing great problems just because when you have no feed and that's your business to harvest the forage for your animals and there's nothing left you gotta find something else to feed them." Besides the hay and the feed, ranchers are also purchasing 200 pound tubs of molasses. It's a protein supplement for the cows...more