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Clemson, SC State get $70 million for climate-smart commodities project

USDA has announced an funding for a project to provide incentives to South Carolina farmers, enabling them to implement climate-smart production practices. The project will focus on production sectors of South Carolina and the Southeast, including vegetables, peanuts, beef cattle and forest products, and will ensure meaningful involvement of small and underserved producers. Read more

A solution for toxic fescue

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Re-establishing Alfalfa, ‘queen of forages’

Alfalfa is often referred to as the “Queen of Forages” but perceived lack of persistence and low soil pH levels in the southern United States are keeping this queen from her throne. To help producers learn how to help alfalfa regain royalty, researchers from Clemson University, Auburn University, the University of Georgia (UGA) and the…
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Putting Carbon Back in the SC Soil

Read about Newberry farmer Ben Setzler’s work

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Focusing on Fescue

Grass fungus could cause $1 billion in annual losses CLEMSON UNIVERSITY EXTENSION CLEMSON – Tall fescue is a popular grass used for grazing, hay and erosion control in the eastern United States, but one Clemson University expert believes this grass could be responsible for more than $1 billion per year in livestock production losses. Tall…
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