By: Jessica Rae
jrae@kcautv.com
Farmers are still trying to recover from the extreme drought, especially one family here in Wausa, Nebraska.
Forced to sell their cattle that's the harsh reality Dave and his son Derek Cunningham are afraid they're going to have to face this summer.
The two men own more than a thousand acres of land near Wausa, Nebraska where they grow crops and raise cattle.
But they're concerned a second year of severe drought could leave them high and dry.
Derek says, "Right now its not looking very promising all the weather forecasts and what not."
The father and son grow their own feed for the cattle, but without rain that means no feed.
Luckily for them the past few years have been very fruitful so they had some income to fall back on.
If they have to use that money two years in a row things could get very tough.
Derek says, "If all the income that would have been to sell the grain or this or that goes into retaining for feed you're going to have a lot less disposable income."
If worst comes to worst they may have to start selling their livestock.
Derek says, "You know at some point in time if things don't turn around you have got to stop the losses at some point."
All Dave and Derek can do is hope for rain, and keep that emergency supply of feed on hand.
