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South Carolina pesticide regulators offer online license renewal options

Large yellow-legged hornet nest with cooler and truck tire.

Clemson officials find, destroy yellow-legged hornet nests in Beaufort County

Bhupinder Farmaha, a Clemson nutrient management specialist, spreads fertilizer in an Edisto REC field.

Fertilizer Recommendation Support Tool launches nationwide to digitize crop nutrient management

Yellow-legged hornet's; nest beside a pingpong ball for scale.

Clemson officials asking residents to inspect homes and other structures for hornet’s nests

A yellow-legged hornet pictured from the side with callouts.

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Clemson officials ask Lowcountry residents to report large hornets after invasive hornet detected again in Jasper County

Aiken County animal quarantined for monitoring of equine neurological disease

Aiken County animal quarantined for monitoring of equine neurological disease

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Winter West Nile case shows it’s never too early to vaccinate your horses

Chickens scratching around on a chicken coop

S.C. animal health officials remind backyard flock owners to isolate their birds

A yellow-legged hornet pictured from the side with callouts.

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Yellow-legged hornet detected in Jasper County; Clemson officials ask public to report large hornets

A yellow-legged hornet pictured from the side with callouts.

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South Carolina officials proactively monitoring for invasive hornet found in Savannah

Field of cotton

State reduces boll weevil eradication acreage assessment to save farmers money

Cups of soil in a machine about to be tested.

Informed consumers can avoid scam fertilizers, say state regulators

Cloths moth and cloths moth larvae eating fabric.

Do not use mothballs to repel snakes, say state pesticide regulators

Asian Longhorned Tick

South Carolina Officials Announce Infestation of Asian Longhorned Ticks, Ask Public to Help Limit Spread of Tick-Borne Diseases

cotton boll

State cotton farmers gather for boll weevil meeting

Morning mist rising off golf course.

Certified turf means better outcomes for turfgrass managers and homeowners

Clemson’s Long named National Plant Board President

Invasive Bradford pear, 3 other species to be banned for sale in SC

Asian Longhorned Beetle

Teamwork turns the corner on an insect invasion

cogongrass

Spring bloom can reveal aggressive invasive weed

pollinator

New Solar Pollinator Certification Program accepting applications

roof rat

State assembles task force to address control of rodents on Kiawah Island

rat

Pest management class teaches strategies to get rid of rodents

Chinese seed mailing

Clemson sets up online reporting site for Chinese seeds

Mysterious seed mailings

Caution urged after mystery seed mailings

Asian longhorned beetle

Inspectors survey Low Country trees after invasive beetle discovered

soybeans

S.C. farmers lose use of important herbicides early in the season

Meg Williamson

Clemson draws USDA praise for organic certification

Don’t move ornamental citrus plants across state lines

Don’t move ornamental citrus plants across state lines

Cotton

State cotton farmers to gather for boll weevil meeting

Clemson regulator heads up multistate effort to tackle illegal pesticide sales

Clemson regulator heads up multistate effort to tackle illegal pesticide sales

Photo of crapemyrtle bark scale

Invasive pest of crapemyrtle found in South Carolina

A woman in a sea green shirt smiles at the camera behind a table full of scientific equipment

Meet a Tiger: Meg Williamson, Plant Disease Diagnostician

Photo of a hemp crop

South Carolina regulators approve pesticides for hemp production

Fig Buttercup

Authorities ask public to help find highly invasive fig buttercup

Rows of crops are seeing growing in a large field, with haybales visible in the background.

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