Georgia cotton and peanut farmers are preparing for a dry season.

Rainfall is short nearly nine inches in some Southern parts of the state.

Richard Seaton of the Georgia Cotton Commission says, the drought is eating into farmer profits.

“In addition to a lack of rainfall, windy conditions have certainly not helped either,” Seaton says. “Producers are having to use their irrigation systems to water their crop up, which adds a layer of expense.”

The hot and dry conditions are expected to last through the summer and affect corn and other crops.

May 31 was the last day for farmers to apply for federal crop insurance.

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