South Carolina Crops

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

2021 EREC Field Day – Report

In response to the canceled 2021 Fall Field Day at Edisto REC, Clemson University Extension Specialists and Researchers compiled a report highlighting research that is ongoing at Edisto REC. A list of contents to the report is displayed below and a copy of the 2021 EREC Field Day Report is available at the following link: […]

Harvest Season Considerations – Soybean

As of this week, about 60% of our soybean crop has begun dropping leaves, a good sign of full maturity and harvest in the near future. As of October 25, around 10% of the soybean crop has already been harvested. As we progress into harvest a few things to keep in mind are as follows: […]

2021 State Corn and Soybean Meeting – 12/8 – In-Person

The South Carolina Corn and Soybean Growers Meeting will resume in 2021. This year’s meeting will consist of an in-person event at the Santee Conference Center in Santee, SC on Wednesday, December 8th, 2021. An updated announcement and agenda will be released in the coming weeks as speakers and schedules are confirmed. If you have […]

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 […]

South Carolina Soybean Rust Update – 8/28 – **Rust Detected in SC**

SOUTH CAROLINA SOYBEAN RUST NEWS NOTE 28 August 2021 FROM: Jonathan Croft, Clemson Extension Agronomic Agent, Joe Varn, Clemson Extension Agronomic Agent, and Dr. John Mueller, Extension Soybean Pathologist, Edisto Research and Education Center. SOYBEAN RUST HAS BEEN DETECTED IN SOUTH CAROLINA. During the week of August 23rd – August 27th samples were examined from […]

Corn and Soybean Turnrow Drop-In – Holly Hill, SC 8/20

On August 20th from 10:00am-Noon a drop-in will be held at the dryland corn hybrid strip trial located in the field at the intersection of Mt. Olive Rd and Hwy 176.  This directly across Hwy 176 in front of Mt Olive Ame Church (4630 Old State Rd, Holly Hill, SC 29059).  Dr. Michael Plumblee, Extension […]

South Carolina Soybean Rust Update – 8/14

SOUTH CAROLINA SOYBEAN RUST NEWS NOTE 14 August 2021 FROM: Jonathan Croft, Clemson Extension Agronomic Agent, Joe Varn, Clemson Extension Agronomic Agent, and Dr. John Mueller, Extension Soybean Pathologist, Edisto Research and Education Center. SOYBEAN RUST HAS NOT BEEN DETECTED IN SOUTH CAROLINA AS OF 14 August 2021. During the week of August 8th – […]