South Carolina Crops

SC Corn and Soybean Growers Meeting – 12/14

On behalf of Clemson Extension and the South Carolina Soybean Board, we hope you make plans to join us in Santee onThursday, December 14th for the 2023 South Carolina Corn and Soybean Growers Meeting! Our keynote presentation will be “Corn and Soybean Drying and Storage: Current Technology and Management” with Dr. Kenneth Hellevang, Extension Engineer and Professor at North Dakota State University. We’re also excited to welcome several other special guests, including: Steve Censky, […]

2023 Small Grain Field Day

Date: April 27th Location: Pee Dee Research & Education Center, Outdoor Pavilion Time: 8:30am – 1:00pm Learn about small grain production practices and see current field research. Pesticide recertification credits will be offered and lunch will be provided.

Corn 2022 – Early Season and Tissue Sampling

This spring has been challenging, from increased input costs to low supply and shortages. The weather has been equally challenging across South Carolina so far in 2022. The majority of the corn crop was planted a week to 14 days later than last year due to cool temperatures, soils, and early season rains. We are […]

Clemson OVT Data Online – Now Available

The 2021 Clemson Agronomic Crop Variety Trial results are now available online for corn, corn silage, grain sorghum, soybean, small grain, and peanut at the following link. Clemson OVT Data Cotton results will be posted soon. Utilizing OVT data as a tool for hybrid and varietal selection for the 2022 growing season is recommended. Evaluating […]

2021 Corn Hybrid County Trial Data – Now Available

The results from the 2021 County Corn Hybrid Trials are now available. In 2021, we evaluated 12 different hybrids across eight locations across the state in both irrigated and non-irrigated cropping systems, the results from six of those locations are included in the attached report. The results of these trials are to be used along […]

Soybean Growth Staging Timeline – Fungicide Timing/Recommendation

I hope everyone has had a good weekend. In response to this weekend’s Soybean Rust Update from Jonathan Croft, Joe Varn, and Dr. Mueller about confirming soybean rust on soybean in Bamberg, South Carolina, I wanted to provide a few recommendations as we begin applying fungicides or considering doing so. The crop progress report from […]

Peanut, Horticulture, and Agronomic Crops Field Day – Sept. 2nd – Blackville, SC

Clemson University has scheduled an in-person field day at the Edisto Research and Education Center in Blackville, SC for September 2nd, 2021. Registration will be from 8-9AM. The morning program will consist of concurrent peanut and horticultural crop programs followed by lunch. After lunch an agronomic crops (cotton, corn, soybean) session will begin and conclude at 4PM. Please […]

Cotton, Soybean, and Peanut Scouting Schools – Scheduled

Scouting School dates are set for our 2021 in-field, in-person workshops devoted to scouting for insect issues in cotton, soybeans, and peanut. The dates and locations for these scouting workshops are below. See attachments to preregister and for more details. • 28 July in Manning, SC, at the Clarendon Extension Office (21 West Rigby Street, […]

2021 Pee Dee Cotton Virtual Meeting – Posted

A Virtual Meeting was held on February 25th, 2021 to provide an update on cotton production in South Carolina. By participating in this program, producers were updated on new information for the 2021 growing season. At the conclusion of the panel update, time was available for any questions related to cotton production. The speakers for […]