Despite a few quick showers and sprinkles across Northeast Texas this week, the scorching heat and drought continue, and so do the catastrophic impacts on cattle ranchers and farmers. The lack of hay and water has driven cattle producers to sale barns in droves and there is no end in sight as the Texas summer continues to bake hayfields and dry up watering holes.

One of those Northeast Texas cattle ranchers that has been directly impacted by the heat and drought is Lynn Patterson, of Patterson Br...