Not a drop of rain
Despite Sunday’s downpour in Columbus, Pittsview farmer John Mott didn’t get any of the rain he so badly needs
BY BRIAN Mc DEARMON
Staff Writer, Ledger-Enquirer (GA)
John Mott’s cows are hungry.
He’s used to looking out at lush pastures on his farm near Pittsview, Ala., in southern Russell County. This year, Mott’s cows pick hungrily at grass that just isn’t there.
“They’re foolin’ themselves,” he said Tuesday, pushing up dust and twisted brown blades with his boot.
Despite thunderstorms in Columbus Sunday evening, rain still had not reached Mott’s farm, he said. The area is about 33 percent below normal rainfall levels for the months of April, May and June.
With every rainless day that goes by, the only thing growing here is Mott’s predicament: how to feed his 250 head of cattle without sinking more money into a business he knows won’t turn a profit this year.
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