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The Department of Agriculture was founded in 1879 and launched in 1880 to oversee and promote agriculture in South Carolina. [3] [7] [8] After the era of slavery in South Carolina, much of the soil had been depleted by the overproduction of cotton.
As commissioner of agriculture, Weathers sought to expand consumers' access and reliance on local produce. In 2006, Weathers oversaw the creation of the branding "Certified SC Grown" to highlight produce grown in South Carolina. [9] Weathers also advocated to increase the economic impact of the department to $50 billion by 2020. [10]
On August 4, 2015, leaders from the South Carolina Department of Agriculture, Clemson University, and the University of South Carolina gathered at the South Carolina State House to announce the launch of the Certified SC Grown Palmetto Series, in which the Tigers and Gamecocks would compete for the Palmetto Series trophy based primarily on head ...
More than 236,000 acres of rice fields spanning 160 miles once covered coastal South Carolina, according to a recent mapping project that used modern tools to document the massive footprint of the ...
South Carolina Department of Agriculture; C. ... South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services; R. South Carolina Department of Revenue; S.
(US Department of the Interior 1885: 132-133) An 1883 South Carolina survey noted 1807 horsepower previously developed, and a capacity for perhaps one-third more (SC State Board of Agriculture 1883: 206). The first Horse Creek textile mill, located at Vaucluse in 1830, produced disappointing results. As noted by William Gregg, the causes ...
South Carolina Department of Agriculture; South Carolina wine; W. West Point Rice Mill This page was last edited on 23 December 2023, at 23:40 (UTC). Text is ...
As a House member, John Curtis, R-Utah, exhibited a willingness to buck his own party. Now the senator-elect who is set to take the seat being vacated by retiring Mitt Romney, said he’s not ...