By: Jessica Rae
jrae@kcautv.com
Even though the snow has brought a lot of moisture to the ground, this type of moisture is not the kind farmers like to see.
This weekend's snow storm left it's mark on Siouxland, dumping about a foot of snow in some areas.
Now, just a few days later, that snow is melting almost as fast as it came. This may come as a surprise to some, but all that melting snow actually has drought stricken farmers like Mark Held from Hinton worried.
Mark Held says, "Most of it is running off into the streams and the ditches and the water ways because the ground is still frozen."
For Held, the rain can't come soon enough.
Held says, "The rain does you more good because it takes the frost out of the ground"
Held had been hit particularly hard by this drought. He says his hay supply has been cut short, making it hard to feed his cattle.
Like most farmers in this area, he's resilient, and will keep looking to the sky waiting for the next rain.
Held says, "I'm pretty optimistic most of the time you know mother nature will do what she wants you don't have any control on it."
