Women are a critical part of farm and ranch operations in South Carolina and to help move this industry into the future, the Clemson Cooperative Extension Service is holding its first-ever South Carolina Women in Agriculture Conference.
This inaugural conference...
Higher agricultural production costs are in store for the new year, but Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service specialists have a few suggestions to help relieve some of the impacts on South Carolina farmers.The first bit of advice comes from...
As of this week, about 60% of our soybean crop has begun dropping leaves, a good sign of full maturity and harvest in the near future. As of Oct. 25, about 10% of the soybean crop has already been...
Corn harvest is underway and soybean harvest will soon begin in South Carolina. To help farmers make decisions related to storing or field drying grain crops, Clemson University has a new app.
The app is the Clemson EMC Calculator, developed...
A Clemson University irrigation specialist has found using soil moisture sensors in fields can increase average net income by almost 20%.
Jose Payero, assistant professor and irrigation specialist housed at the Edisto Research and Education Center, is conducting on-farm trials...
• By Denise Attaway •
As most will agree, 2020 has been a trying year but there is hope for the agricultural sector to drive away this black swan event that has spread chaos across the globe and for American...
Fall is in the air and hundreds of photos of changing landscape colors are being shot every day. Clemson University experts say pictures growers should focus on this season are those that give a clearer vision of their soils’...
State agriculture officials are warning residents to be wary of unsolicited packages of seeds mailed to them. Reports have surfaced from South Carolina, Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington and Ohio, to name a few.
The South Carolina Department of...
Soybeans and cotton are popping up across South Carolina, and Clemson University Extension Service specialists say they are susceptible to hungry insect pests.
Soybean situation
About 6% of the state’s soybean crop had been planted as of May 8. In his...
A group of Clemson University researchers have helped discover an important milestone in developing heat-tolerant soybeans — a discovery that could eventually aid growers of one of the top crash crops in South Carolina.
A paper about their study, "Comparative...
More than half of South Carolina is in a moderate to severe drought and another 26% is abnormally dry, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, and Clemson University researchers and Cooperative Extension Service agents say it is affecting crop...
Sweltering temperatures and low-moisture conditions can have a large impact on South Carolina soybeans, causing farmers to turn away from one of the state’s highest-yielding crops.
But, some Clemson researchers are studying how to develop soybean varieties that can germinate...
Clemson University soybean breeders have released a new soybean variety that extends the planting season and growing regions.
Named Agustina, the cultivar was developed and released by soybean breeders Benjamin Fallen and Emerson Shipe at the university’s Pee Dee Research...
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