Congressmen Ronny Jackson (R-TX) and Henry Cuellar (DTX) introduced bipartisan legislation aimed at helping the Texas agriculture community recover from the recent winter storm. H.R. 1692, the RESTORE (Rehabilitating Economic Success Through Overcoming Rural Emergencies) Act, would help our farmers recover from natural disasters by reauthorizing the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildfire Hurricane Indemnity Program Plus (WHIP+) to cover natural disasters from 2020 and 2021. This program previously provided payments to producers to offset losses from natural disasters that occurred in 2018 and 2019.

On Wednesday, March 10, afternoon, Senator Ted Cruz (RTexas) sat down to meet with members of Plains Cotton Growers and the Texas cotton industry via a Zoom conference call to discuss issues important to the cotton sector and provide an update on current issues in Washington, D.C.

The Lamb County Soil and Water Conservation District is currently taking orders for the Spring Windbreak Tree and other plants sales. There is a variety of trees and other plants available, but everyone interested is strongly encouraged to get orders in as quickly as possible to ensure the variety and quantity of the trees and plants are available.

The U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol recently announced that March 31, 2021 is the deadline for producers who have not completed their U.S.

Several auxin certification trainings have already been conducted in 2021 and several more are planned. These satisfy the US Environmental Protection Agency mandatory dicamba training and the Texas Department of Agriculture requirement for approved dicamba and 2,4-D formulations.

Littlefield’s Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture will be serving its 2021 Banquet, starting at 6 p.m. Tuesday evening, April 27, 2021, in the Lamb County Ag and Community Center, just off Highway 385 (17th and Hall Avenue) in Littlefield.

Five Littlefield Churches are sponsoring a free grocery giveaway, at their Truck to Trunk event in Littlefield Saturday, March 27, 2021 from 10 a.m. until 12 noon at the Lamb County Ag and Community Center, 17th and Hall Avenue.

“The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! “ John 1:29 It is really hard for us to understand the ways of God. When we read the Old Testament sometimes, I’m sure we all think some of the things that God commanded his people to do aren’t what civilized people do! That may be why sometimes we do not get the full understanding of what Jesus has done for us.

The Littlefield Independent School District Board of Trustees will meet in Regular Session on Thursday, March 25, 2021, at 12 p.m. in the Board Room of the Administration Building.

Saturday afternoon, I had a nice visit with one of our local farmers, Seth Carpenter of Littlefield, just in time for “Agriculture Week” this week. Seth is a life-long resident of Littlefield/Lamb County, and at age 24, he is already fulfilling his dream of being in the field of Agriculture.