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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 Department of Agriculture Hugh E. Weathers, Commissioner Media Contacts: Eva Moore, 803-734-2196, emoore@scda.sc.gov FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – April 12, 2021 Say Hello to Spring at the Piedmont Plant and Flower Sale GREENVILLE – Spring is in the air, and the Piedmont Plant and Flower Sale is returning to the Greenville State Farmers Market April 29 – May 2, 2021. Visitors… 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 ›

Fertile Ground Sand Stone Farms Turns Turkey Litter into Quality Compost By Eva Moore | Photos courtesy Michael Stone This story appears in the April 1, 2021 issue of the South Carolina Market Bulletin. Michael Stone didn’t set out to start a compost business. But now that he has, he’s doing it right. Stone is a contract turkey grower, raising turkey… read more ›

South Carolina Department of Agriculture Hugh E. Weathers, Commissioner Media Contacts: Eva Moore, 803-734-2196, emoore@scda.sc.gov FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – April 5, 2021 SC Farmers Excited for 2021 Growing Season COLUMBIA – After a difficult year, South Carolinians can look forward to the simple pleasures of juicy red strawberries, sweet watermelons, refreshing cucumbers, ripe peaches, fresh butter beans, vibrant basil and many other… read more ›