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, […]

Corn Update 6/6 – Nitrogen, Irrigation, and Fungicides

Across the state, the earliest planted corn I have looked at is looking very good as we begin to see tassels emerge and pollen shed. In many cases, a lot of our earliest planted corn this year has been under irrigation which sets us up to produce a very good crop. However, we are not […]

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 […]

2022 SC Cotton Growers Annual Meeting – January 25th – In-Person

Save the date for January 27. The SC Cotton Growers’ Annual Meeting is coming back to Santee in 2022 in person. See the attached announcement for additional details. Pesticide/CEU credits will be offered at the meeting.               Click Here to View: Cotton Growers Meeting Flyer and Agenda

2022 Dicamba Trainings – Virtual and In-Person Opportunities

Dicamba training will be mandatory again in 2022 for applicators who wish to purchase and apply dicamba herbicide products. Two training programs will be offered in the month of January on Zoom and one in-person training directly following the conclusion of the State Cotton Growers Meeting in Santee, SC on January 25th. Participants will receive […]

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 […]