The signs are everywhere in Northwest Georgia, dry fields, ponds at low levels and some creeks and streams dry or nearly dry. Our part of the state is experiencing a lack of rain that is affecting local farmers and ag producers.
Chattooga County Extension Agent Rebecca Thomas told an Atlanta television station this week that local farmers are having to adapt to the dry conditions.
The latest map from the U.S. Drought Monitor shows most of Chattooga County in “extreme drought” conditions. A portion of the eastern side of the county is in the “severe drought” category.
It has been weeks since the area has seen rainfall of more than a quarter of an inch, and unfortunately, the weather forecast isn’t showing any significant rainfall in the near future.
Dr. Pam Knox, director of the UGA Weather Network and Agricultural Climatologist, says that the drought conditions are affecting cattle farmers the most in our part of the state. The drought is also affecting winter grain planting in the Peach State.
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