T&D SPRING FARM EDITION: Look for less corn in 2024
Farmers are uncertain as spring planting season opens. Corn prices are down, leaving many to consider reducing acreage and adding peanuts, soybeans and cotton. Joining The T&D as sponsors for this section are the S.C. Department of Agriculture and South Carolina Farm Bureau.
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Orangeburg County farmers heading into the 2024 growing season are facing lower commodity prices and generally stable to slightly higher input costs.
Calhoun County farmers in 2024 are facing tighter margins due to lower output prices for major row crops and continued inflation in input costs, according to a Clemson University Cooperative Extension economist.
Bamberg County farmers are facing two challenges for the 2024 planting season: high inputs and lower crop prices.
The Edisto Research and Education Center in 2024 will continue to evaluate 40 different pumpkin varieties.
Local fruit and vegetable farmers can expect challenges on two fronts in the 2024 growing season.
Biosecurity issues in poultry and hogs, market prices, feed costs and consumer demand are the multifaceted issues facing livestock producers in The T&D Region in 2024.
South Carolina is among the top 10 states most threatened by agricultural land loss, according to a 2020 study from the American Farmland Trust. The study found South Carolina lost nearly 300,000 acres of farmland between 2001 and 2016 before the pandemic triggered mass migration to the state in 2020.
To help feed all these new people in South Carolina, we must protect farms and farming. That means continuing to support our farmers with policies and programs that make farming a financially viable proposition now and in the future.
Lint has been the focus of cotton research and breeding efforts for centuries, but Clemson University and Cotton Inc. researchers believe now is the time to look a little closer at the benefits of cottonseed oil.
Scientists from Clemson University and Australia are collaborating to create Fusarium-resistant germplasm for use in United States and Australian cotton breeding programs.
South Carolina State University is poised to expand access to trees and green spaces across The T&D Region and beyond with the help of a $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack previewed the Organic Livestock and Poultry Standards (OLPS) final rule on Wednesday.
Agriculture has changed since Clemson Extension agent Charles Davis first started helping Calhoun County’s farmers several decades ago.
The Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service has named Zach Dantzler as the new agronomics row crops agent for Calhoun and Richland counties.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack visited South Carolina State University on Friday to discuss efforts to help farmers stay on family farms.
SC State Public Service & Agriculture (PSA) announced Christopher Green, M. Ed, GCDF, has been named 1890 Extension Midlands Region director, serving Barnwell, Bamberg, Calhoun and Orangeburg counties. Green began his role in November 2023.
Mark Nettles, SC State 1890 Extension agent for sustainable agriculture and natural resources for the Midlands Region, has been selected as a recipient of the 2024 Impact Award for Environmental Excellence by the Foundation for Community Impact and Health Equity. The recognition celebrates Nettles’ commitment and contributions to environmental sustainability within the Midlands Region and across the state of South Carolina.
Researchers and farmers are optimistic but say drastic changes would need to happen in markets and processing for these crops.
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More than 50 local officials signed a letter Tuesday calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to help municipal governments cut food waste in their communities.
In a nutshell, this is the story of the humble peanut, the ground pea,, the goober (derived from the African word “nguba”) and, to Mr. Shepard, the “astro-nut.”
Across the country, more indoor farms are launching or expanding even as others founder.
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Nearly 700 South Carolina Farm Bureau Federation members from across the state gathered in Myrtle Beach Nov. 30-Dec. 2, 2023, to honor grassroots traditions, celebrate the accomplishments of volunteers and to set the organization’s direction for 2024.
American farmers will plant more corn than soybeans in 2024 — as they have in most years for over a century. But beyond that, a green diesel boom threatens to dethrone the king of all crops.
U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Xochitl Torres Small on Thursday visited South Carolina State University and its Public Service and Agriculture (PSA) division’s Research and Demonstration Farm in Olar.
COLUMBIA – Gov. Henry McMaster on Tuesday signed the Working Agricultural Lands Preservation Act, legislation designed to protect South Carolina farmland amid the state's growing population and industrial development.