Producers in Benton County & Henry County are eligible to apply for 2022 Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) benefits on improved pasture and forage sorghum. LFP provides compensation if you suffer grazing losses for covered livestock due to drought on privately owned or cash leased land or fire on federally managed land. County committees can only accept LFP applications after notification is received by the National Office of qualifying drought or if a federal agency prohibits producers from grazing normal permitted livestock on federally managed lands due to qualifying fire.  You must complete a CCC-853 and the required supporting documentation

Have you been seeing lots of hummingbirds lately?  This time of year the numbers usually swell due to the fact that the ones that have been here nesting have fledged their young, as well as the migrants that nested north of us are starting to come through this area on their way south. Once again the Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge will celebrate with a Hummingbird Banding Event on Saturday, August 13, 2022 from 9 am to 3 pm when they host a free hummingbird banding demonstration at the refuge Visitor Center located at 1371 Wildlife Drive in Springville, TN.  Federally

On the 3rd and 4th Tuesdays The Shepherd’s Table community kitchen now serves meals at First Presbyterian Church located at 19835 E.Main Street Huntingdon, TN. Meals are served restaurant style with drive through available from after 6pm. It is open to the public and there is no cost. Donations are accepted. All are invited. Food scarcity is real in this area and the Shepherd’s Table’s success is dependent on the support of volunteers and donations. The meals are prepared by volunteer staff hosted by different congregations in our town and donated by local businesses. Our town’s community kitchen was created