Lee Bastrop County Farm Bureau

09/04/2026

Congratulations to the 2026 TFB Ag Mechanics Grant Program recipients! Each program received a $2,500 grant to purchase additional ag mechanics and metal technologies equipment and resources.

09/02/2026

From the school garden to the farm—let us help your students make the connection to agriculture through our Learning From the Ground Up Garden Grant program!

We’re offering $500 grants to help schools establish or improve gardens or greenhouses. Aquaponic and hydroponic systems are eligible if they are used to teach students about food production.

The deadline for garden grant applications for public and private schools is Sept. 21. Get the details and apply: https://txfb.us/gardengrant26

The homeschool garden grant application has already closed.

08/31/2026

College students majoring in Agricultural Education and student teaching off campus in Spring 2027 are eligible to apply for our Mia Balko Student Teaching Scholarship. Applications are due Oct. 30.

Get the details: https://txfb.us/MBteachingscholar

08/29/2026

08/28/2026

‼️Last call for high school students who are members of Texas 4-H Youth Development Program and Texas FFA Association to sign up for the Speak Out For Agriculture (SOFA) Challenge! ‼️

Registration closes Monday, Aug. 31.

Students can grow their ag advocacy skills and take home prizes! The contest will be held Oct. 3-4 at the Heart O' Texas Fair & Rodeo.

Contest manual and registration can be found at https://txfb.us/SOFAchallenge

08/27/2026

Calling all college football fans! 🏈🏈 Texas Farm Bureau members get two FREE tickets to home football games for select universities. Get the details: https://texasfarmbureau.org/sports

Tickets are offered on a first-come, first-served basis and are subject to availability, weather cancellations and other unforeseen events

08/25/2026

08/24/2026

Farm-to-Market roads are how our food and fiber get from Texas farms to our homes and stores.

It’s a road system that was developed to help “get Texas farmers out of the mud.”

That was the campaign slogan in the fifties, to gain support for farm-to-market roads that connect Texas farms directly to highways and other cities.

Decades ago, those roads were built to do what their name implies—bring goods from the farm to market. And they still do that today.

If you travel them, you’ll likely meet a farmer or rancher driving large farm equipment or hauling trailers. When that happens, please be patient. Slow down and give them some space. They’re driving those roads to help bring food from the fields to our tables.