2022 Emergency Relief and Emergency Livestock Relief Programs

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced plans to roll out $3.7 billion in Emergency Relief Program (ERP) and Emergency Livestock Relief Program (ELRP) assistance to crop and livestock producers who sustained losses due to a qualifying natural disaster event in calendar year 2022.

Recyle your denim

Since 2006, Cotton Incor-porated’s Blue Jeans Go Green program has collected denim (made from cotton) so it can be recycled back to its original fiber state and transformed into something new.

Texas Panhandle and South Plains regions receive USDA and partner funding for playa restoration

A Wetland Reserve Enhancement Partnership (WREP) project has been selected to target conservation easement and restoration in the Texas playa lakes of the Panhandle and South Plains regions for $1.5 million in funding.

CROP AND PEST UPDATE

That planting patience from two weeks ago is now history. Cotton planting is off and running across the entire Cotton Belt – even in parts of the High Plains where some recent rains provided planting moisture.

Millions of Texans still not wearing seat belts

It has been nearly seven years since Eden Ganzerla lost control of her car while driving to work and crashed into a retaining wall, breaking nearly every bone in her body.

SPAG Area Agency on Aging to host 9th Annual Conference

South Plains Association of Governments Area Agency on Aging is hosting their 9th Annual Family Caregiver Conference on Thursday, July 13th from 9:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Science Spectrum Exhibit Hall located at 2579 S. Loop 289 Lubbock, TX.

Littlefield CCA Banquet set for Tuesday, May 30

Littlefield’s Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture will be hosting its 2023 Awards Banquet, starting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday evening, May 30, 2023, in the Lamb County Ag and Community Center.