By Julie TomascikEditorGrass crunches as Robert Payne walks his pastures. In this summer of endless triple-digit days, he sees only brown where he should see green.Bosque County, where he raises cattle and grows wheat, milo, corn and cotton, is in exceptional drought—the highest level of classification—and has been for weeks.The drought started last fall. Days

Source: Drought, endless heat drying up hopes in rural Texas – Texas Farm Bureau