Mary C. Cromley, Soybean Promotion Marketing Specialist
mcromley@scda.sc.gov
803-939-5754

The South Carolina Soybean Board is a farmer-run organization dedicated to investing soybean checkoff dollars to keep South Carolina soy growing. The board is made up of 12 soybean farmers from South Carolina who are responsible for administering the soybean checkoff in the state. Elected by producers in each district, board directors serve up to three-year terms to comply with the Soybean Marketing Act and Order.

Learn more at scsoybeans.org


SC Soybean Board Members

District 1

Charles Whiten
Westminster, SC
Oconee County
Term Exp: 12-31-2024

 

District 2

Rachael Sharp
Allendale, SC
Allendale County
Term Exp: 12-31-2025

Joe Alvin Derrick
Derrick Farms
Johnston, SC
Edgefield County
Term Exp: 12-31-2026

James Porter Shuler
Santee, SC
Orangeburg County
Term Exp: 12-31-2026

Open Seat
Term Exp: 12-31-2024

 

District 3

Cecil Bozard Eaddy
Manning, SC
Clarendon County
Term Exp: 12-31-2024

Open Seat
Term Exp:  12-31-2025

Wes Woodard – VICE CHAIRMAN
Darlington, SC
Darlington County
Term Exp: 12-31-2025

 

District 4

Fitzhugh Lee Bethea
Dillon, SC
Dillon County
Term Exp: 12-31-2024

Michael E. Grier
Hemingway, SC
Georgetown County
Term Exp: 12-31-2025

David Owens
Mullins, SC
Marion County
Term Exp: 12-31-2025

 

District 5

Jefferson A. Westbury
Harleyville, SC
Dorchester County
Term Exp: 12-31-2024

 

Executive Director

Mary C. Cromley, Soybean Promotion Marketing Specialist
SC Department of Agriculture, PO Box 11280, Columbia, SC 29211
mcromley@scda.sc.gov
803-939-5754