NAKHON RATCHASIMA: It's not just rice and other crops that have fallen victim to the severe drought that has afflicted this northeastern province -- the cows and buffaloes in Non Sung district are also suffering, according to local media reports.
Farmers said that after several months with little or no rain, sources of water have dried up and fresh grass for animals has become scarce.
Sawat Yiangklang, 59, who raises cattle in tambon Lum Khao, said farmers have to take their cows and buffaloes from open fields to forage for fresh grass along road shoulders, and water at various ponds and swamps as far as four kilometres away from their villages every day.
Mr Sawat, who has 15 cows to feed, said this year's drought is the most serious in many years.
Help from the government is urgently needed, he added.