Texas ranchers worried about drought conditions heading into spring

LLANO, Texas (KXAN) — The year 2011 had the most intense drought and hottest summer ever recorded in Central Texas. Now some cattle ranchers in the Hill Country are beginning to worry that they’re seeing indicators of conditions that may rival 2011.
“It’s pretty scary right now, really. It’s pretty dry,” says Joe Freeman, a fifth-generation Llano County rancher. His family has been working some of the same land since the late 1800s. The harsh summer of 2011 is