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Corn and soybeans planted at Clemson's Edisto REC.

South Carolina Corn and Soybean Growers Meeting slated for Dec. 17

Pumpkins at the Edisto REC

Clemson Extension announces 2024 Peanut, Cotton, Vegetable and Fruit Field Day

Economic considerations, sustainability issues, technology and connectivity, and fruit and vegetable opportunities are on the agenda for the 2024 South Carolina Agriculture Technology and Business Forum, March 20 in West Columbia, South Carolina.

South Carolina Agriculture Technology and Business Forum coming to West Columbia

Helping growers grow: Extension effort to develop farmers enters 14th year

Thanksgiving Food Safety

Don’t let foodborne illnesses take the joy out of your jingle

Sandhill Research and Education Center is pictured from across the pond at the back of its main building.

Sandhill REC Field Day features educational fun for the entire family

Kathy Coleman address audience at Sandhill REC's Lake House.

Alston Award winner Coleman respected around SC for hard work, integrity

Liliane Silva, Clemson Extension forages specialist, talks about cool-season forage demo plots at the Edisto REC.

Proper forages for livestock benefit humans

Cool season forages

Clemson Extension announces cool-season forages field days

Thanksgiving Food Safety

Don’t invite salmonella or other bacteria to holiday meals

A team of Clemson researchers, led by Rongzhong Ye and Sruthi Narayanan discuss the field design for growing cover crops to improve soil-plant interactions, reduce resource inputs, improve cropping system productivity and more.

Clemson University researchers look to the past for answers to the present

During the 2022 Clemson Field Day, South Carolina peanut growers saw how new varieties grew and stacked up compared to current standards.

Clemson Extension provides peanut particulars to help growers profit

Clemson specialists report peanut production up in South Carolina.

Clemson announces 2022 Peanut Field Day

Gilbert Miller, Clemson Extension vegetable specialist and field day coordinator, talks about how the Clemson Extension statewide weather monitoring network will benefit South Carolina growers.

Clemson experts predict watermelon production about to get more expensive

The 2021 Peanut, Horticulture and Agronomic Crop Field Day at Clemson University Edisto Research and Education Center in Blackville, South Carolina has been cancelled.

Clemson develops peanut loan rate calculator

Teachers participating in Clemson's SOCIAL Studies Academy will learn how drones and other technologies are common tools used in today's agriculture.

Middle school teachers to learn about today’s agriculture during Clemson’s SOCIAL Studies Academy

Clemson University researcher Rick Boyles is working to determine how to develop new wheat lines that withstand environmental changes and produce under tough conditions.

Clemson researcher developing new line of wheat to withstand Southeast growing conditions

An employee of Barrier Island Oyster Company lifts a cage of oysters to check their size.

Clemson researchers and others meet to discuss S.C. mariculture industry

Photo of crops growing at Simpson REC

Clemson Ag Outlook Conference offers farmers advice on how to deal with 2020’s black swan

Sign at Ag Services building pointing to dock where soil samples can be left.

Get soil tested at Clemson Ag Service Lab

Clemson Extension agribusiness team offers COVID-19 resources for farmers

Clemson Extension agribusiness team offers COVID-19 resources for farmers

Clemson experts share peach research

Clemson experts share peach research

Aimed at training emerging SC farmers, Clemson program accepting applications

Aimed at training emerging SC farmers, Clemson program accepting applications

Clemson seminar aims to offer agribusinesses blueprint for 2020 success

Sarah Holladay

Clemson student studies extra-long staple cotton for production in South Carolina

Recent graduates of Clemson's Food2Market program bring their creations for other participants to taste during a networking session at Clemson's Sandhills REC.

Clemson Food2Market workshop prepares entrepreneurs for various food ventures

Participants at the 2018 Edisto Research and Education Field Day listen with interest at researcher Joe Mari Maja talks about a UGV cotton harvester he is working to develop.

Clemson scientists designing robots to fill agricultural labor gap

Cody Bishop, farm manager for Clemson's Sandhill REC, explains cover crop mixes that are being grown in the sandy soil of fields at the Center.

Cover crops can increase soil moisture by as much as 10 percent

Peach trees at Musser Fruit Research Center in Seneca.

Clemson researchers say South Carolina peaches suffered minimal damage from freeze

Clemson researchers are using state-of-the-art facilities at the Pee Dee Research and Education Center to develop a wheat variety people with Celiac Disease can eat.

Clemson announces Southern Heritage Crops Workshop

Clemson experts advise peanut growers to adjust crops to meet low demand

Clemson experts advise peanut growers to adjust crops to meet low demand

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

Digging into South Carolina’s most pressing problems, Clemson PSA is yielding solutions

The main building at Sandhill REC is pictured from across the pond behind it.

Clemson’s Sandhill REC expanding research, educational programs

Overall S.C. ag outlook strong, but weather, trade affecting cotton and soybeans

Overall S.C. ag outlook strong, but weather, trade affecting cotton and soybeans

Join Clemson Extension and others for the 2019 AgOutlook Conference, Nov. 16, in Columbia.

Clemson announces 3rd Annual AgOutlook Conference

Protecting documents from flood waters can help speed claim process

Protecting documents from flood waters can help speed claim process