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Natural State native Congressman Tom Cotton reached out to Arkansas farmers on Tuesday.

If you can't visualize what a drought looks like, you can hear it when you walk on the crunchy, dry ground.

Saturday, locally grown produce lured shoppers to the Farmers Market at the River Market, but, the drought has taken its toll on those trying to cash in on their crops, forcing them to raise prices.

According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, almost the entire date of Arkansas is now in severe drought status. Farmers aren't just worried about feeding themselves this summer - they're worried about feeding their livestock, too.

Right now, 1300 members of the Future Farmers of America just wrapped up their first night of this year's FFA convention.