Oklahoma’s Jimmy Emmons sworn in as assistant chief of NRCS

Jimmy Emmons was recently announced as the assistant chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service within the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Emmons was sworn into the position this week in Washington, D.C.

Emmons, a resident of Dewey County, Oklahoma, is a third-generation farmer and rancher from Dewey County, Oklahoma, and is known for his passion of soil health. His trademark phrase is “Long live the soil.” He was a past keynote speaker at one of HPJ’s Soil Health U events.

Emmons and his wife, Ginger, have a 2,000-acre diversified farming operation raising wheat, soybeans, sesame, sunflowers, alfalfa, canola, and grain sorghum. They also run a 250-head cow calf herd on nearly 6,000 acres of rangeland.

Emmons’ new position within NRCS will make him second in command of the organization and he is expected to bring his hands-on agricultural experience, conservation logic and soil health knowledge to the job.

Lacey Vilhauer can be reached at 620-227-1871 or [email protected].