At $41.7 billion, agribusiness remains SC’s No. 1 industry
The largest industry in South Carolina has cast aside the withering effects of the Great Recession and continued to flourish at an impressive rate, according to a 2015 report cited Tuesday in the State...
View ArticleSmall-scale farmers finding that help is on the way
For small-scale farmers, hard work and long hours come with the territory — and that doesn’t even include their “day jobs,” without which many could not support themselves and their families.
View ArticleExtension workshops to assist with funding for local food, farmers’ market...
Clemson University's Cooperative Extension Service will offer grant-writing workshops to help eligible communities, organizations and businesses seek grants for programs that promote local food.
View ArticleExtension launches new entrepreneurship program
Clemson University Extension received a grant to launch a rural entrepreneurship program in Abbeville, McCormick and southern Anderson counties. The pilot program could be replicated across the state,...
View ArticleNew assistance available for beginning farmers
Farmers getting their feet wet in agribusiness have access to entrepreneurial education and business consultation through workshops offered by Clemson University. The South Carolina New and Beginning...
View ArticleClemson’s Junior Beef Round-Up provides valuable life lessons for youths
More than 150 participants competed in the 2015 South Carolina Junior Beef Round-Up, a regional youth event that promotes the development of future leaders of the beef industry.
View ArticleClemson grooming new crop of farmers
Nearly 50 aspiring entrepreneurs look to turn their green thumbs into profitable agribusinesses through the South Carolina New and Beginning Farmer Program that begins Thursday.
View ArticleS.C. youths explore a plethora of ag careers at Expo
The Clemson-sponsored Youth Day event at the recent 2016 S.C. Agribiz and Farm Expo attracted about 140 high school students from throughout South Carolina interested in agribusiness careers.
View ArticleS.C. farmers face wide insurance gap on flood losses
South Carolina farmers facing steep losses from last year’s flood must await government action on financial assistance as the new Farm Bill and private crop insurance are not built to handle such a...
View ArticleClemson Extension expands agribusiness program
The Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service has hired two agricultural economists to buoy the expansion of an agribusiness assistance program at the university’s Sandhill Research and...
View ArticleS.C. New and Beginning Farmer program now accepting applications
Farmers getting their feet wet in agribusiness have access to comprehensive entrepreneurial education and business training through a public service program offered by Clemson University. The South...
View ArticleClemson awarded $595,000 USDA grant for New and Beginning Farmer Program
Clemson University has received a $595,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to nurture the next generation of farmers in South Carolina. The three-year grant will support Clemson...
View ArticleS.C. farm exports challenged by strengthening dollar, Clemson experts say
Already feeling the pressure of drought, last year’s historic flood and low commodity prices, South Carolina’s No. 1 industry could be pinched by an uptick in the value of the U.S. dollar, Clemson...
View ArticleS.C. New and Beginning Farmer program accepting applications
Farmers getting their feet wet in agribusiness have access to comprehensive entrepreneurial education and business training through a public service program offered by Clemson University. The South...
View ArticleAgribusiness senior’s self-watering planter wins Cultivate.CAFLS Showdown
At the Cultivate.CAFLS Showdown Competition, Kayla Jackson not only saved the best for last; she did it as a solo act. In front of a packed house in Clemson University’s Watt Innovation Center...
View ArticleS.C. New and Beginning Farmer program accepting applications
COLUMBIA — Farmers getting their feet wet in agribusiness have access to comprehensive entrepreneurial education and business training through a public service program offered by Clemson University....
View ArticleClemson Extension partnering on new agribusiness curriculum program
Clemson Cooperative Extension is teaming up with the S.C. Department of Agriculture on a program geared toward bolstering the state’s largest industry by arming budding agribusiness innovators with the...
View ArticleClemson students place fourth in national agribusiness competition
Students from Clemson University’s Agribusiness Club left their mark on the nation’s capital when they placed fourth in the Student Section of Agricultural and Applied Economics Association’s (SS-AAEA)...
View ArticleClemson announces 3rd Annual AgOutlook Conference
WEST COLUMBIA – Financial opportunities and threats for the South Carolina agricultural industry in 2019 will be addressed during the third annual AgOutlook Conference slated for November 15. The...
View ArticleClemson Extension partnering on Resource Rodeo for S.C. farmers
The Clemson Extension Agribusiness Team is partnering on an event aimed at offering a plethora of resources and programming to help South Carolina farmers succeed. The 2019 S.C. Farmer Resource Rodeo...
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