43 days since the last rain of .30 inches of rain or more in 1 day and a long stretch of 90 + degree temperatures has dried up everything. The ponds are low and stagnant and the creek is only running a trickle. The pastures are dry enough that the fire danger is high and the fall crops are stressed pretty bad. Hay and feed are in short supply and the prices are rising. The prospects for winter grazing on small grains pasture will deteriorate the latter we get in the year with drought conditions.