Lynn County Soil & Water Conservation District #119

NRCS takes applications year round for EQIP and funds periodically the deadline to be considered in the first round of funding for FY 2025 is November 8th, 2024.
Call or come by to put in an application before Nov. 8th, 2024!

Anyone interested in purchasing seedlings please contact Helen Saldana, SWCD Secretary at (806) 998-4507 Ext 3.

February 28, 2025 is the last day for the SWCD to take seedling/bare root orders.

State of Cotton in Texas: "We're not looking forward to the price," according to Plains Cotton Growers A multi-generational cotton farmer and President of Plains Cotton Growers shared his perspective on the current state of cotton production in West Texas, the largest cotton-growing region in the U.S.

Texas Crop & Weather Report:
Forage producers around the state are battling fall armyworms and taking protective measures to defend high value pastures and fields for hay and grazing, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service experts.

Full report: tx.ag/CW100824

NRCS takes applications year round for EQIP and funds periodically the deadline to be considered in the first round of funding for FY 2025 is November 8th, 2024.

Call or come by to put in an application before Nov. 8th, 2024!

Ranchers maintain healthy grasslands through a variety of conservation practices. This leads to a host of benefits not only to their operations, but the environment, too. Read more from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: loom.ly/3WjDCJY

Food, clothing, fuel…they all start with water! Find out how Texas farmers are growing more crops with less water so we can enjoy our favorite foods, wear our favorite clothes and travel: loom.ly/E8Q0hec

Join us tomorrow 9/18/2024 for our farm tour in Wilson, Texas, where we'll discuss different crops and hear from speakers including TTU Grad Students, Texas AgriLife Extension Staff, and Texas Parks and Wildlife Game Warden. Registration begins at 8am at Texas Star Co-op Gin Wilson, and lunch will be provided free of charge by Lynn/Garza Counties Farm Bureau. Sierra Stephens, Lynn County AgriLife Extension Agent, will provide CEUs for those who complete the full tour.

Here's the Fall Vegetable Gardening Guide from the Lubbock Master Gardeners click the link to find fall gardening resources: https://txmg.org/lubbock/2019/08/10/fall-vegetable-gardening-guide/

Great Plains Fire Summit 2024 Meeting Great Plains Fire Summit is an incredible, practical, applied-prescribed fire conference dedicated to all types of lan

Join us for our farm tour in Wilson, Texas, where we'll explore different crops and hear from speakers. Registration begins at 8am at Texas Star Co-op Gin, and lunch will be provided free of charge by Lynn/Garza Counties Farm Bureau. Sierra Stephens, Lynn County AgriLife Extension Agent, will provide CEUs for those who complete the full tour.

Lynn County is partially in D0 in the southwester portion of the county according to the drought monitor.
https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?fips_48305

Cotton Producers. Please see the attached Southern High Plains Planting Conditions Forecast for the next few days.

Go checkout the tree care & planting workshop tomorrow in Sudan!

USDA Provides Emergency Conservation Funds to Help Texas Farmers Recover from Wildfires

Deadline to Apply: April 8th, 2024

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is opening a special disaster sign-up for additional funding through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program for producers in the Texas Panhandle who have been impacted by recent wildfires. Producers must submit applications to USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) by April 8, 2024, to be considered for this funding opportunity.

For more information, log on to the NRCS Texas website:

USDA Provides Emergency Conservation Funds to Help Texas Farmers Recover from Wildfires | Natural Resources Conservation Service The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is opening a special disaster sign-up for $6 million in additional funding through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program for producers in the Texas panhandle who have been impacted by recent wildfires.

The Story of Turner Seed:

In 1961, Bob Turner started Turner Soil Conservation Service, a dozer business that specialized in applying conservation practices to the land. Bob became interested in the different grasses used in pastures and fields. In 1974, he started helping a friend harvest Kleingrass with his homemade brush sweeper. This was the beginning of Bob Turner Seed Company and the entity officially came into being in 1977.

Read the full story at TurnerSeed.com!

EQIP application deadline is November 8th, 2023

NRCS is hiring paid interns!!! This is a great opportunity for high school and college students to explore federal careers while still in school.

Lynn County has no ranking according to the drought monitor.
https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?fips_48305

Lynn Co is in D0 according to the drought monitor.
https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?fips_48305

Today’s the day!! Lakeview Gin 8AM

The 2023 Lynn County Ag Tour is tomorrow! Lunch and CEU's will be given if you attend the entire tour.

Please call the office if you have any questions.