Local Farmer Celebrates Rain Relief

It might be a bit of a hassle on the roads, especially at rush hour.

Crowder, "I've been praying for it.

But the rain brings welcome relief for farmers like Mcdonald Farm's Brant Crowder.

Crowder, "Really this is our first beneficial rain that we can say, well any rain that we've had in the month of August."

And he says July wasn't much better with only three inches.

Crowder, "Not that I want a tropical storm to hit Florida but that's the only way in a drought like we were in that we were going to get any measurable amount of rain to help us."

Crowder, "I was really glad to see that it's finally going to turn North and come toward us."

Meteorologists predict enough rain to soak the dry soil...as summer cools to fall.

It came just in time to save Mcdonald farm's soy beans.

Crowder, "They were doing pretty bad with the lack of rain that we've had."

And Crowder says it's already made a difference for his bermuda grass.

Crowder, "It's already turning a little bit green. It's been brown for two or three weeks now."

That means there's hope for more hay this year.

Crowder, "We're going to need all we can get between now and the fall first frost to be able to get us through the winter with the beef cattle and then maybe have some to sell to other people who don't have enough."

And while he's thankful for the rain we got, he's praying for more.

Crowder, "If we do get four or five inches like they're talking about our creeks have been dry right at two months and the ponds are really low, extremely lower than they were last year."