An Established Wildlife Habitat in Lamb County
- Family and Consumer Sciences
- Agriculture & Natural Resources
- 4-H and Youth Development
- District 2 Extension Center
The Texas AgriLife Extension Service, Lamb County, welcomes you to our website. You will find educational information of benefit to your entire family. Bookmark this site and login often to keep up with current opportunities and educational resources in 4-H and youth areas, agriculture, and family related areas.
Our office is located in the basement of the Lamb County courthouse in Littlefield. You may contact us by phone by calling 806-385-4222.
LAMB COUNTY FACTS
Lamb County was created in 1876 from Bexar District and named after Lt. G.A. Lamb who died in the battle of San Jacinto. Littlefield, the home of Waylon Jennings, is located 35 miles northwest of Lubbock and serves as the county seat. The population according to the most current census count is 14,760. The county has seven communities with six school districts. Besides Littlefield, other communities include Amherst, Earth, Olton, Spade, Springlake, and Sudan.
Agriculture provides approximately one-half of all earned income in the county. Land uses are for range and pasture and cultivation. Crops produced include cotton, corn, corn silage, grain sorghum, peanuts, vegetables, alfalfa and ornamentals. Presently there are six dairies operating and more under construction. There are two major cattle feed yards and numerous small cattle preconditioning yards in the county. There is also one large lamb feed yard.
TEXAS AGRILIFE EXTENSION SERVICE – LAMB COUNTY
The Extension Program, directed by the Lamb County Leadership Advisory Board, strives to provide quality, relevant outreach and continuing education programs and services to the people of Lamb County. Like many other Texas counties, our citizens value a strong educational system, a strong agricultural economy, and a high quality of life for both adults and children who call Lamb County “home.”
Extension brings the resources of the Texas A&M University System to Lamb County. Through field based faculty, Extension provides unbiased, research-based information in the following core service areas:
- Agriculture & Environmental Stewardship
- Community & Economic Development
- Nutrition, Health, Family Issues
- 4-H & Youth Development
