The Agriculture Commission of South Carolina was created in 1978 primarily to oversee the administration of the South Carolina Agricultural Commodities Marketing Act. The Agriculture Commission is responsible for issuance, amendment, or termination of marketing agreements or orders to produce the intended effects of the Act. The Agriculture Commission maintains the required records, issues notices, conducts hearings, and ensures that all growers have the opportunity to participate in referendums.
The Chairman of the Agriculture Commission is appointed by and serves coterminous with the Governor. One member is appointed by the legislative delegation from each judicial circuit. Representation on the Agriculture Commission is rotated among the counties of the circuit except by unanimous consent of all members of the legislative delegation representing the circuit. The Chairman of the House and of the Senate Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Environmental Affairs Committees and the Commissioner of Agriculture all serve as Ex Officio members.
SC Agricultural Commission Members
1st Judicial Circuit
Michael Perry Shirer
7187 Cameron Road, Cameron, SC 29030
Calhoun County
mpshirer@gmail.com
(H & W) 803-826-6604 (C) 803-664-4322
Appointed: February 4, 2015
Term Exp: 2019
2nd Judicial Circuit
Stevie Still
3385 Friendship Road, Olar, SC 29843
Barnwell County
steviestill@yahoo.com
(C) 803-793-7677
Appointed: January 23, 2020
Term Exp: 2024
3rd Judicial Circuit
OPEN SEAT
Clarendon, Lee, Sumter, Williamsburg Counties
4th Judicial Circuit
Robert B. Robeson
4092 Highway 145 North, PO Box 206, Chesterfield, SC 29709
Chesterfield County
bkcrobeson@shtc.net
(H) 843-623-6187, (C) 843-921-2935
Appointed: May 7, 2015
Term Exp: 2019
5th Judicial Circuit
J. Thomas Lanham
228 Rosebank Dr., Columbia, SC 29209
Richland County
t.lanham@att.net
(C) 803-260-4510
Appointed: September 16, 2013
Term Exp: 2017
6th Judicial Circuit
C. Earl Thrailkill
5609 Main Street, P. O. Box 64, Fort Lawn, SC 29714
Chester County
cliftonthrailkill2@gmail.com
(H) 803-283-7659
Appointed: February 5, 2020
Term Exp: 2024
7th Judicial Circuit
Ben M. Gramling, II
PO Box 389 Gramling, SC 29348
Spartanburg County
bengramling@gmail.com
(W) 864-472-2157 ext. 225, (C) 864-542-5063, (H) 864-472-9725
Appointed: June 30, 2007
Term Exp: 2011
8th Judicial Circuit
Billy Ray Abercrombie
91 Rabon Church Rd., Gray Court, SC 29645
Laurens County
aberfarm@live.com
(H) 864-575-2588, (C) 864-871-1152
Appointed: January 13, 2015
Term Exp: 2019
9th Judicial Circuit
Adair M. McKoy, IV
2474 Brigger Hill, Wadmalaw Island, SC 29487
Charleston County
adairmckoy2014@gmail.com
(C) 843-209-3246
Appointed: March 7, 2019
Term Exp: 2023
10th Judicial Circuit
Bradley Wilson Orr
302 Brighton Road, Anderson, SC 29621
Anderson County
bradleyorr@mindspring.com
(W) 864-231-2102, (C) 864-353-6909
Appointed: February 1, 2019
Term Exp: 2023
11th Judicial Circuit
Chalmers R. Carr, III
5 R. W. DuBose & Son Rd. Ridge Spring, SC 29129
Edgefield County
chalmers@titanfarms.com
(W) 1-888-848-2672 or 803-685-5381, (C) 803-480-0545
Appointed: May 2, 2001
Term Exp: 2005
12th Judicial Circuit
Michael Gibson
209 E. Devils Dining Rm. Rd. Marion, SC 29571
Marion County
mg209ddr@aol.com
(H) 843-362-1803, (W&C) 843-230-1803
Appointed: March 28, 2008
Term Exp: 2012
13th Judicial Circuit
Franklin M. Looper, Jr.
311 Little Pond Rd. Easley, SC 29640-9525
Pickens County
(H,W, & FAX) 864-859-7206, (C) 86-630-3726
Appointed: March 13, 1995
Term Exp: 1999
14th Judicial Circuit
Ross “Mac” Sanders, Jr.
Seaside Farm, Inc. PO Box 218 St. Helena Island, SC 29920
Beaufort County
seaside@islc.net
(W) 843-838-3636, (C) 843-263-9817
Appointed: March 8, 2004
Term Exp: 2008
15th Judicial Circuit
Benjie Andrew
44 Gasparilla Circle, Murrells Inlet, SC 29576
Horry County
bluaynor7@aol.com
(C) 843-246-6896
Appointed: Feb. 8, 2011
Term Exp: 2015
16th Judicial Circuit
Lewis W. Hicks
1555 Filbert Hwy. York, SC 29745
York County
(W) 803-684-9931, (H) 803-222-7852
Appointed: January 30, 1994
Term Exp: 1999
Ex Officio
Frances H. Price, Chair, Agriculture Commission of SC
433 Peach Festival Rd Gilbert, SC 29054
Lexington County
pricefm@pbtcomm.net
(W) 803-892-2457, (C) 803-260-9691
Appointed: March 10, 2011 by Nikki Haley
Term: Coterminous with Governor
Other Special Guests
Ellen Lloyd, Administrative Assistant
South Carolina Department of Agriculture, P.O. Box 11280 Columbia, SC 29211
elloyd@scda.sc.gov
803-734-9807
