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South Carolina Department of Agriculture Hugh E. Weathers, Commissioner Media Contact: Eva Moore, 803-734-2196, emoore@scda.sc.gov FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 23, 2020 SC Agriculture Commissioner and EPA Regional Administrator Sign Agreement YORK, SOUTH CAROLINA – Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 Administrator Mary S. Walker and South Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture Hugh Weathers have signed a first-time Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)… read more ›

Every week Commissioner Hugh Weathers answers questions about what’s going on with agriculture in our state with The Southern Farm Network. Check back each week to hear the latest news, or you can listen to past interviews here. Read more › read more ›

South Carolina Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Report is published weekly except Thanksgiving and Christmas by the SC Dept. of Agriculture, Hugh Weathers, Commissioner. Published by the Market News Division, 117 Ballard Court, West Columbia, SC 29172 in Cooperation with USDA-AMS Fruit & Vegetable Division. Download the Fruit & Vegetable Newsletter [pdf] View back issues of the newsletter read more ›

South Carolina Livestock Report is published weekly except Thanksgiving and Christmas by the SC Dept. of Agriculture, Hugh Weathers, Commissioner. Published by the Market News Division, 117 Ballard Court, West Columbia, SC 29172. Download the Livestock Newsletter [pdf] View newsletter back issues read more ›

Click here to download the Market Bulletin from Thursday June 18, 2020. View Ads Only read more ›

Certified South Carolina and the nonprofit South Carolina Advocates for Agriculture are partnering on Farmers to Food Banks, an initiative to support farmers and needy South Carolinians. Using donated funds, distributors are buying food from South Carolina farmers and distributing it to local food banks to ease COVID-19 strains on the food system. Those who wish to donate to or… read more ›