One normal ear of corn is equal to about three ears of corn that are being produced this season.

Continued drought conditions and high heat have caused a world of hurt for any chance of profit this season, especially with south Central Texas farmers.

The combines are out, the harvest is underway, but to give you an idea of just how bad these yields are: one normal ear of corn is equal to about three ears of corn that are being produced this season.

Roger Seggern is one of the farmers that is ready to call it quits.

"It's about as sorry as we could have had I guess," Seggern said.

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This season is a rough end to a roller coaster corn crop. Seggern said he's never seen it so bad.

"It ought to be about seven to eight feet tall," Seggern said.

But, instead the crop stands about four feet tall, and Seggern said he's not making any money this year.

In fact he is looking at taking money out of savings just to make his ends meet.

"We've only had one good crop in four years. You can't get the job done like that," Seggern said.

Jared Ripple with the Texas AgriLife Extension Service said farmers in Williamson County have had it the worst.

"I think we're estimating 75 to 80 percent loss," Ripple said.

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The little rain that has fallen in south Central Texas actually circled around most of the county.

"This is probably pretty much the worst year since the 1950’s," Ripple said.

The 1950’s was the last time Texas was in a drought this bad.

"It's terrible. It has no color, but that's the finished product and it's not looking good," Seggern said.

	The 1950’s was the last time Texas was in a drought this bad.

Seggern devoted 2100 acres to corn this season and he said he might get a low yield out of about 500 of those acres.

"We're ready for it to be over," Seggern said.

Seggern and his crew are still out in the field harvesting. On a good year farmers are out until about 11 p.m., but this year it's been about 8:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Seggern said it's just not worth the cost to keep going. This year, he'll rely heavily on insurance and hopefully disaster assistance to help him out financially.