Category: Spartanburg

Hannah McAntyre Administrative Assistant Spartanburg County Hello Everyone! My name is Hannah McAntyre, and I am the new administrative assistant at the Spartanburg County Clemson Extension Office. I have worked in customer service for over 6 years and was an administrative assistant for a print shop in Boiling Springs. I am excited to start my […]

Christopher LeMaster Livestock & Forage Agent Cherokee, Spartanburg, & Union Counties Like most industries, quality, uniformity, and volume rule the market. With over 7800 cattle farms in our state, marketing for uniformity can be challenging. This challenge is further compounded by the lack of scale caused by the State’s average herd size being around 25 […]

Andy Rollins Upstate Commercial Fruit & Vegetable Agent Cherokee, Greenville, Spartanburg, Union, & York Counties At the beginning of this year, I continued work with a cellulose nanocrystal particle to verify its ability to frost-protect peach. It was successful but has yet to be commercially available. I spent an inordinate amount of time looking at […]

Carolyn Dawson Area Extension Forestry Agent Anderson, Cherokee, Greenville, Oconee, Pickens, & Spartanburg Counties Two years ago, a retired US Forest Service ranger named David Hedden entered my office and politely asked if anyone was doing anything to save the hemlock trees in the Upstate. In case you were not aware, there is a tiny […]

Drew Jeffers Horticulture and Natural Resources Agent Spartanburg County 6th Annual IPM Symposium Keeps Growing! Horticulture agent Drew Jeffers has some exciting programs and projects coming up! The 6th Annual Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Symposium in Greer, SC, is sold out. It is now a hybrid event where satellite locations around the state can view […]

Laura Haddon 4-H Youth Development Agent Spartanburg County Spartanburg County 4-H has partnered with the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Upstate, now called Kids Club of the Upstate, for many years.  Through 21st Century grant funding the Kids Club contracts with Spartanburg 4-H to provide Healthy Lifestyles, STEM, and Ag in the Classroom lessons. […]

Heather Nix Upstate Regional Water Resource Agent Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens, McCormick, Oconee, Pickens, & Spartanburg Counties Water is often taken for granted, but we depend on it for nearly everything, such as drinking water, growing food, producing electricity, recreating, and for industrial purposes. Several state agencies are working hard behind the scenes […]