SLUG: LD/DROUGHT2. DATE: July, 31, 2007 CREDIT: Katherine Fr

SLUG: LD/DROUGHT2. DATE: July, 31, 2007 CREDIT: Katherine Frey / TWP. Upperville, VA. Loudoun County farmers are struggling with a severe drought that has cut production by as much as 50 percent. Carl Lindgren's cattle and timber farm. Carl Lindgren has 1680 acres at his Cleremont Farm in Upperville, VA, that desperately need rain. He has to feed his Angus cattle hay to supplement their diet which he usually doesn't do until January. His is a forage/grass based business, but the pastures are so parched the cannot sustain his herd of 500. (Photo by Katherine Frey/The The Washington Post via Getty Images)