Category: Agriculture

News of interest to the Dillon County, SC, farming community

DHEC Issues Permit For Poultry Farm Expansion

The SC Department of Health and Environmental Control has issued an agricultural permit for the expansion of an existing poultry farm and the disposal of the manure. The public notice states that the farm will have 114,000 animals with a normal production live weight at any one time of 233,700 pounds.

Local 4-H Competes In Aim-At-Ag Sporting Clays Tournament

The 5th Annual Aim-at-Ag Sporting Clays Tournament, put on by ArborOne Farm Credit, drew the largest crowd ever, with 128 shooters participating.

Plant Produces Five Pineapples

0 THIS PINEAPPLE plant, grown by W.J. Gadson, has produced five pineapples so far this season. Pictured are (l-r) Makayla Gadson, Taylor Gadson, and Riana Green, holding the latest pineapple that came off the plant. (Photo by Betsy Finklea/The Dillon Herald)

Four Farms Apply For Groundwater Withdrawal Permits

Four farms—two in Dillon County and two in Rowland—have applied to the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control for groundwater withdrawal permits.

County Council Passes Resolution To Recognize Hunger Awareness Month

The Dillon County Council passed a resolution at their last meeting “to congratulate Harvest Hope Food Bank for its work to bring awareness to the issue of hunger in South Carolina and to recognize Hunger Awareness and Action Month.”

Clemson Extension Director Named Recipient Of John W. Parris Agricultural Leadership Award

Dr. Tom Dobbins, state director of the Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service, has been named recipient of the John W. Parris Agricultural Leadership Award by the South Carolina Association of Agricultural Educators. The award was presented by Nathan Bellamy of Loris, SC, on behalf of the agricultural educators at a recognition banquet held on the Clemson University campus in July.

Tomatoes: The Most Widely Consumed Vegetable In America

Summer is when the South Carolinian begins locking his doors at night to prevent the neighbor from sneaking in and leaving a load of surplus tomatoes on the kitchen counter.

Ag in the Classroom Summer Teacher Institute Held

Forty-seven educators from across the state recently learned how to incorporate agricultural lesson plans into their daily teaching schedules.

S.C. Farmers Face Dilemma After Loss Of Nematicide

A federal decision on the use of a nematicide will leave South Carolina cotton producers scrambling to find a replacement.

ArborOne Farm Credit Returns Over $2 Million to Area Farmers, Customers

Pee Dee-based ArborOne Farm Credit announced today that it will pay a patronage refund totaling over $2,049,000 to eligible customer-owners of the lending cooperative.