South Carolina Department of Agriculture MARKET BULLETIN Vol. 95 • Num. 6 March 18, 2021 Est. 1913

SC SOYBEAN BOARD FUNDS COMMISSIONER’S $100K IN LOCAL RESEARCH CORNER DEER DAMAGE, SOIL MOISTURE SENSORS AMONG PROJECTS HUGH E. WEATHERS BY EVA MOORE SOUTH CAROLINA The South Carolina Soybean Board will fund effect of this predilection in South Carolina is COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE research to quantify deer damage to crops, unknown. Dr. Cory Heaton, an Extension wildlife calculate the fertilizing power of manure, specialist, will conduct night surveys to assess deer and more efficiently irrigate plants, among other populations near targeted farms, and study crop projects. damage by creating “exclusion cages” to compare VACCINE TIME he Palmetto State you can skip the masks. has expanded Now that will feel more Teligibility for normal. the COVID-19 vaccine, To make an appointment, and it’s good news for you can contact your agriculture. health care or pharmacy The South Carolina provider. SCDHEC Department of Health also maintains an online and Environmental service, scdhec.gov/ Control announced vaxlocator, and a hotline, last week that the state 1-866-365-8110. would move to Phase 1b Our agency is also in of vaccine availability on communication with March 8. This new phase state authorities, health includes anyone over care providers, and the age of 55 as well as agricultural businesses “frontline workers with about setting up some increased occupational on-site vaccination clinics risk” and “individuals at at workplaces during this increased risk in settings phase. where people are living and working in close As for me, I am eligible contact.” This expansion in Phase 1b, got my first adds over 2.5 million shot, and it went fine. A South Carolinians to the little arm soreness as I The board uses South Carolina soybean with unprotected areas of fields. This research can eligible list, and covers have heard with others. checkoff dollars – money collected from farmers help wildlife authorities set tag limits and other many people in the food The staff at Nephron for promotion, research and education – to hunting guidelines. and agriculture sectors. Pharmaceuticals was very competitively award funding to projects that can professional and they are Dr. Michael Plumblee, the Corn & Soybean SCDHEC’s criteria for help the state’s soybean industry. working with some of our Research Specialist for Clemson Extension, and Dr. Phase 1b can be found major ag businesses in the “A lot of trials are focused on larger soybean- Matt Inman will study how South Carolina soybean at scdhec.gov/covid19/ Columbia area. producing states, so being able to fund South farmers can best use affordable soil moisture covid-19-vaccine. I’d Carolina-specific research can benefit growers here sensors in deciding when to irrigate their crops. recommend everyone I’ll get my second shot at home,” said South Carolina Soybean Board chair This research can help farmers conserve water in the agriculture the first week of April. Dean Hutto. “This is a vital use of soybean checkoff resources while maximizing soybean yields. community take a look According to the CDC, dollars collected in South Carolina.” to see if they or their the vaccine I got is 95% “Farmers base a lot of irrigation decisions off employees are eligible. effective at preventing Among the 12 research projects funded this year: weather data, but depending on where you’re COVID-19 illness. getting your data, the station may be a few miles If you’re eligible in phase Clemson University I’d like to thank South off. Here, we can evaluate what the soil moisture 1b, I encourage you to researcher Dr. Bhupinder Carolina’s agribusiness content is in the ground to decide when to make an appointment Farmaha will assess the workforce for helping irrigate,” said Plumblee. to be vaccinated. By fertilizer value of poultry getting vaccinated, you sustain us through the litter – a mixture of poultry Soybeans are one of South Carolina’s top crops, not only protect yourself past year. In all my years manure and bedding, with about 335,000 acres planted last year. against COVID-19, but of public service, I’ve abundant in South Carolina South Carolina soybeans are used to create oil, your family, community never seen anything due to our strong poultry animal feed and many other products, and are an and coworkers as well. like this pandemic. Now industry – for growing important export for the state. Agribusiness is an there’s light at the end soybeans. Researchers will of the tunnel, but it’s not The South Carolina Soybean Board (SCSB) is a essential industry, not to test samples of poultry litter time to relax just yet. Let’s group of 12 soybean farmers from South Carolina mention South Carolina’s to help farmers determine all get vaccinated, and who are responsible for administering the soybean largest industry, and we how and when to substitute keep taking precautions in checkoff in the state. Elected by producers in each can play an important it for other fertilizer for the meantime. district, SCSB directors serve up to three-year role in putting an end to optimal plant health. terms to comply with the Soybean Marketing Act this pandemic. And when White-tailed deer like to eat and Order. Learn more at scsoybeans.org. all persons gathering in a soybeans, but the economic group are fully vaccinated, UPCOMING EVENTS

Farm Fresh Spring Market Adult Easter Egg Hunt Market Bulletin Office March 20 • 10 am – 3 pm March 27 • 6:30 – 10:30 pm Join us for a fun day of shopping, food trucks, On the hunt for a fun experience with your friends Monday – Friday • 8 am – 4:30 pm hayrides, games, farm animals and more! $5 per or your date? Then bring your basket and flashlight 803-734-2536 • [email protected] person admission at the gate, all activities are and hop on over to the farm for our annual after- agriculture.sc.gov/market-bulletin included! Stay tuned for ongoing updates. Three dark Easter Egg Hunt. Beer & Wine, Heavy Hors EDITOR Oaks Farm d'oeuvres, Photo opportunities with the Easter Eva Moore 134 Horse Trail Road, Saint George Bunny Pre-Hunt games to win small prizes, Egg ADS & CIRCULATION Janet Goins 843-408-9736 Hunt and raffle-style drawing for Cash & Prizes! COORDINATOR Tickets: threeoaksfarmsc.com/farm-fresh-spring- Live Music by Trent Jeffcoat market.html Clinton Sease Farm GRAPHIC DESIGNER Stephanie Finnegan 382 Olde Farm Road, Lexington Peach Blossom Photography Days 803-730-2863 March 20 & 27 clintonseasefarm.com It's every photographer's dream season, and we are facebook.com/ClintonSeaseMaizeQuest South Carolina allowing photographers in our fields for two days. For the health and safety of everyone, these are the SCISA State Equestrian & Open Horse Show Department of Agriculture only 2 days we are permitting photographers to use April 17 • 10:30 am Contacts our fields. Email us at to receive more information! Open horse show to start immediately McLeod Farms following the SCISA State Western Equestrian Commissioner’s Office 29247 Hwy 151, McBee Championship. Estimated start of open show will 803-734-2190 843-335-8335 • [email protected] be noon. Classes will include English, western, macspride.com ranch & games. The honorable Cailey Culp of Certified SC Program Hemp Farming Program Laurinburg, NC will be judging. 803-734-2207 803-734-8339 Advanced Raising Class 10151 Garners Ferry Road, Eastover Consumer Protection & Grain March 27 • 9 am – 12 pm Contact: Joy McMillion 803-737-9700 Market News Topics: health, first aid, breeding, selling eggs, 803-917-2747 • [email protected] 803-737-4621 growing food. $15 per ticket. Email to sign up. Fruit & Vegetable Inspection Crazy Chic Heritage Farm 803-737-4588 Market News Recording 450 Kenal Road, Ridgeway 803-737-5900 843-475-6294 • [email protected] Fruit & Vegetable facebook.com/crazychicheritagefarm Market News Metrology Laboratory 803-737-4497 803-253-4052 Shearing Day SALES & AUCTIONS March 27 • 10 am – 5 pm Our 11th annual "A day in the life". The shearer Carolina Horseman's Connection Horse Auction returns for the yearly shearing of the sheep as March 20 • 12 pm well as Red Creek Farm border collie demo, wood Catalog Horse Sale. For more information, visit our The South Carolina worker, black smith, saw mill, Labrador Retriever Facebook page. Market Bulletin Grassy Pond Arena demo, food & music and other activities. $5 per (ISSN 0744-3986) person/2 & under free. 1524 Boiling Springs Hwy, Gaffney Old McCaskills Farm Contact: Shannon Winstead The Market Bulletin is published on the first and third Thursday 377 Cantey Lane, Rembert 864-710-4030 • [email protected] of each month by the SC Department of Agriculture, Wade Contact: Kathy L McCaskill facebook.com/horsemansconnection Hampton Building, Columbia, SC 29201. Periodicals postage paid at Columbia, SC 29201. 803-432-9537 • [email protected] Claxton's Auction Postmaster, send address changes to: oldmccaskillfarm.com March 20 & 27 • 11 am SC Market Bulletin, PO Box 11280, Columbia, SC 29211 th Special Sale March 21 • 1 pm 4 Annual Egg Hunt & Spring Fling on the Farm POLICIES FOR ADVERTISING March 27 • 1 – 5 pm Every Saturday. 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MARKET BULLETIN 2 AQUACULTURE

REMINDER TO ADVERTISERS BLUEGILL GRASS CARP SHAD 50¢; Bass, $2; Catfish, $1; $12 ea; Bluegill & for ponds, $1–$5; Bream, Ads are due by noon (12 pm) Any ads received after the Grass Carp, $10; Minnows, Shellcracker, 1–3", $55/100; 35¢–$3; Bass, $1–$10; Catfish, $20; Tilapia, $2; Tiger Bass, 3–5", $125/100; Channel Cats, $1–$3; Crappie, $1–$3 on the Tuesday after the deadline will be considered $2; Hybrid, $2; del $60/100; Gambusia, $40/100 Cannon Taylor latest published issue. for a subsequent issue. Derek Long Clay Chappell Newberry Newberry Richland 803-276-0853 803-276-2070 803-776-4923

CATTLE

13 BRED COWS YRLG BULL BRED BLK ANG HEFRS ANG/HIGHLAND STEER 20 BLK BALDY HEFRS REG BFMSTR BULLS 5–6 y/o, $1350 each or less if blk/wht faced speckled & 2 y/o Blk Ang bull, $1500 ea B-6/20, $700 14 m/o, 900 lbs, sired by 2 reg bulls, blk, 12 m/o, all taken head, easy calving, $750 Terry Gibert Wayne Krause Debter Hrfrd bull, $1350 polled, $1600; PB 2 y/o, Chastan Hanna Gail Glick Greenwood Greenville each; 15 red/wht faced $1500; 6 bulls, $1100+ Anderson Anderson 864-993-4212 864-385-4583 Baldy hefrs, $1300 each John Steele 864-314-6985 864-884-2608 M J Powell Lancaster REG BBU BFMSTR BULLS Y/O HEFRS Oconee 803-283-7720 3 BLK ANG BULLS BFMSTR HEFRS exc conform & top b'lines, w/AI sires, $900 864-903-2875 34 m/o, $1400; 22 m/o Baldy, 10+ m/o, $1000+ $1600–2500 Jason Nichols 13 POLLED HERFRD BULLS $950; 11 m/o Baldy, $800 Joseph Logan James Dyches Saluda REG BLK ANG BULLS 3 y/o, thick muscle, BSA exam Suzanne Reed Greenwood York 864-992-2753 proven genetics, 17–24 m/o, comp, ready to breed, $2800+ Anderson 864-227-1868 803-230-4952 low BW, ex ft & muscle, Norris Fowler 2 BLK ANG BULL 864-293-0363 BSE, comp EPDs, perf info, Union BLK ANG BULLS REG ANG BULLS 15 m/o, $1400; 1 y/o, $1200, videos, $4500 864-219-0182 2 HOLSTEIN BULLS yrlgs & 2 y/o, exc b'lines, Fescue resistant, calves on both tame; Blk Ang hefr, Dixon Shealy 4 m/o, $350 each good calving ease, $1500+ ground or virgin, fertile cow 8 m/o, $700 YRLG BULLS Robert Turner Wesley Miller herd, grass developed, $1800+ Larry Gunter Newberry & hefrs, FB, sired by '17 Orangeburg Lexington Eddie Martin Lexington 803-629-1174 NAILE Reserve Grand 803-596-6463 803-917-1793 Anderson 803-532-7394 DEXTER BULL CALVES Champion, $1800–2500 864-296-0454 reg ADCA, B-2021, red, J Wyatt REG HERFRD & SIMANG REG RED ANG BULLS 10 REG ANG BULLS polled, A2/A2, exc b'lines, Marlboro BULLS service aged, comp REG BLK ANG BULLS AI Select sires, 2 y/o; AI sired, low BW, high performance info, good EXT & Free Spirit b’line, rplcmnt hefrs, cow/calf prs, $1250 each 803-651-3086 growth, yrlgs -3 y/o, $2000+ selection, $2500 3–5 y/o, $1600–2000 $1500–2500 James Boatwright Wayne Garber Raymond Prescott William Copeland Bobby Baker Spartanburg Laurens Laurens Laurens Lancaster 864-430-9943 864-923-0581 864-981-2080 864-923-2814 803-804-2230

FARM LABOR FARM LAND

NOTICES ARE ACCEPTED FOR AGRICULTURAL WORK ONLY AND NOT FOR FARM LAND MUST BE OFFERED FOR SALE BY THE OWNER, NOT AN AGENT. HOUSEWORK, NURSING, OR COMPANIONSHIP NEEDS. TRACTS MUST BE AT LEAST 5 ACRES UNDER CULTIVATION, TIMBER, OR PASTURE. OUT-OF-STATE OWNERS — NOT REAL ESTATE AGENTS — MAY NOW TRACTOR REPAIR PASTURE MGMT SERV CUSTOM PLANTING SUBMIT ADS FOR LAND IN SOUTH CAROLINA. restoration, all types, 50 yr exp spray weeds, treat fire ants, CB & Tifton 44, w/Bermuda George Bush fert & lime; plant Bermuda King 4r plntr, 35+yrs exp, WANT 5+A FARM LAND 41+/- A SALLEY 42.40A MINI FARM Lexington & Bahia sprigs avail, $2/bu w/water & elect, Fairfield mostly wooded, w/wet Sumter Co, 2 streams, 803-640-1949 Kenny Mullis Eddie Adams Co & surrounding areas branch, poss sm pond site, timber value $30,000, w/lrg Richland Darlington Mason Motley fronts 2 rds, $130,000 tractor shed, 2 home sites, LIME SPREADING 803-331-6612 843-307-4121 Richland Barney Williams more, $145,000 specialize in bulk TN lime, 803-600-2053 Lexington Chuck Sikora call for est DOZER/TRACKHOE WORK LEXCO TACK CLEANING 803-543-8715 Sumter 103A CHAPPELLS Drake Kinley build & repair ponds, demo, leather bridles, saddles, 803-983-3882 Anderson tree removal, land clearing, harnesses & accessories, timber & yng planted pines, 30A TIMBER 864-353-9628 roads, free est your place or mine hdwds, pond, access roads, Lake City, Florence Co, 46+A CROSS ANCHOR James Hughes Laurie Knapp $2750/A TMS#168-31-033, $130,000 AREA FENCE INSTALLED Justin Howe Dennis Fraley hdwd, cleared garden site, per your specs, free est, Greenwood Lexington 864-227-8257 803-317-7613 Newberry Beaufort deer, turkey, sm game, statewide 803-944-1065 843-598-1150 minnow pond, 3bd/1bt, Bruce Thomas STUMP GRINDING LIGHT TRACTOR WORK $280,000 Dorchester tree work, tractor work to incl bush hogging, 84.14A SPTG CO 24A NEAR SHAW AFB near Woodruff, hdwds, scattered pine & hdwd, Charles West 843-636-1699 hauling w/dump trl, discing, cut up & removal Spartanburg Aiken area of downed trees, light stream, city water, septic, Beech Ck, deer, turkey, TRACTOR WORK homesite, hunting, $235,000 pond & home sites, $65,000 864-969-2912 light bush hogging Jamey Bledsoe landscaping Aiken John Tanner Larry Seyller Carl Gulledge Glenn Goins Greenville Sumter Lexington 803-645-4298 Lexington 803-422-4714 864-360-1849 803-530-8885 803-381-8287 TRACTOR WORK frt end ldr, dirt blade, bush 211A FAIRFIELD 24A ALLENDALE ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION hog, chain saw trees, also 190A 17 yr pine, 21A hdwd, mixed cut timber, w/sm sm & lrg herds, will heat near I-77, $546,000, finance cypress pond, hunting, synch & travel backhoe work w/in 20 mi David Wannamaker poss, no leases homesite, $42,000 Jesse Rauton Terry Mills Kimberly Gulledge Saluda Calhoun 803-682-2117 York Richland 706-817-2398 803-322-4560 843-206-1680

FRESH PRODUCE GARDEN

PRODUCE MUST BE RAW AND NON-​PROCESSED. ADS ARE NOT ACCEPTED FROM COMMERCIAL NURSERIES, WHICH ARE DEFINED AS HAVING ANNUAL RAW MILK, BUTTER, AND CHEESE PRODUCTS MUST SALES OF $5,000. BE PERMITTED BY THE SC DEPT. OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL. AN EGG LICENSE IS MULBERRY TREE TREES BROWN TURKEY FIG BETTERBOY TOMATOES NOT REQUIRED FOR ON-FARM POINTS OF SALE. Fig tree & Elderberry bushes, Apple, Pear, Chestnut, & BUSHES 32/flat, $16/flat; giant $15; grape vines, $10; Loquat Jap Persimmon, $15+; sm 5 gal, $20 each; Trees: Belgium tomatoes, 48/flat, FRESH SHELLED PECANS DRY VA PEANUTS "Yellow Plum" & Pomegranate Emerald Green & Green Apple, Pear, Peach, $24/flat; more, no ship $7.50/lb; in hull, $2/lb; +ship for roasting, hand graded, trees, $20; more Giants, $5+ Blueberry, $10–15 each Larry Johnson Allard Horne in bushel bags, $30/bu F C Noles Johnathan Broach Joe Culbertson Orangeburg Horry Richard Rentz Barnwell Darlington Greenwood 803-664-4213 843-756-0104 Bamberg 803-383-4066 843-617-6300 864-229-5254 803-793-7642 SUGAR CANE old variety, $1/stalk IN SHELL PECANS Eldred Clardy $1.50/lb; organic brown & EQUINE HOGS Kershaw wht eggs, $2.50/dozen 803-432-6714 Joe Culbertson THE SELLER MUST SOW Greenwood PROVIDE A COPY OF $60; cut male, $50; can send Stumped on a farm FARM FRESH EGGS A CURRENT NEGATIVE photos , multi-color, 864-229-5254 COGGINS TEST WITH THE Habron Smith p-up only, $3/dozen AD. SCANNED COPIES ad abbreviation? SHELLED PECANS Pickens Steven Lyon $10/lb; cracked & blown, ARE ACCEPTABLE. 803-389-6499 Orangeburg $3.50/lb; in shell, $2.50/lb, 16 Y/O BAY ROAN GELD DOWNLOAD THE REFERENCE LIST AT 803-381-5534 p-up in Newberry or Irmo reg APHA, 15 hds, exc PIGS Russell Shealy ground manners, loads, Duroc/Yorkshire/ RAW JERSEY MILK Hampshire, $65 each w/all the cream, $9/gal; raw Newberry stands for farrier, more, AGRICULTURE.SC.GOV/ Robert Turner goats milk, $9/½ gal 803-944-7316 lady ridden, $2000 Orangeburg MARKET-BULLETIN-POLICIES Samuel Stevens Cindy Leitzsey 803-596-6463 Aiken Newberry 803-645-5111 803-924-3635 MARKET BULLETIN 3 FARM EQUIPMENT

ADS MAY NOT BE SUBMITTED BY COMMERCIAL DEALERS. A CURRENT FARM TAG ISSUED BY THE SCDMV IS REQUIRED ON ALL FARM VEHICLES. JD 420 TRACTOR JD 2940 5' FRONTIER BUSH HOG FINISHING MOWER CASE DISC CUTTER GRAIN AUGER not running, $500 85hp, needs oil pump w/slip chuck, cut <10A, Woods Heritage RD60, GC, mod 3206, partially 41' 6", GWC, $2000 Colin Dailey in trans, $4500; NH 353 $800; 5 shank chisel plow, $1,650; 4 whl hay rake, 3pt, disassembled, gearbox is Victor Smith Richland grinder mixer, salvage, $300 GC, $600 13'+, $550 good, $650 Berkeley 893-447-7613 George Albers George Black Kent Jewell Jerry Comeaux 843-688-5353 Charleston Newberry Lancaster Saluda INTL TRACTOR 2 GRAVITY WAGONS w/PS, 2 new rear tires in GC, 843-860-1088 803-364-3410 803-320-3708 864-992-3869 5th wheel, GC, $1200 each disc harrow, plows, $4500 NH BR7060 BALER MF CHISEL PLOW 965 JD SWITCH PLOW JD 328 SQ BALER Casey Smith F C Noles w/Harvest Tec App, $19,800; mod 127, $1500; pull type GC, $3000 $9500; Morra disc mwr, Berkeley Barnwell 1411 discbine, $9600; 163 disc plow, $500: 3ph hay Christopher Derrick $3500; Morra rake, $1400; 843-870-8522 803-383-4066 tedder & 258 rake, $3200 spear, $100 Edgefield Morra tedder, $800; all '16 WOODS FINISHING each; JD 704 rake, $2800 Stan O'Neal 803-480-0465 models & in EC BUSH HOG SCRAPE BLADE MWR 59 Joey Link Darlington Bob Morgan 7', $650; HD post hole JD 6500 SPRAYER for Cub FA, $1200; rolling digger, w/8" & 12" augers, Anderson 843-857-8236 cab AC, crop shields, frt Dillon scoop pan box blade, 3ph, 864-434-1422 843-845-7914 $750; both w/little use 5' DISC HARROW fold boom, rate controllers, $1500; both LN Will Kraft FORAGE/SILAGE WAGON GC, $400 good tires, VGC, $20,000 2R VAC PLNTR Robert Yonce Greenville JD Chuck Wagon mod B125, Layton Gwinn Jeff Millen '16 Monosem, LN, PTO driven, Aiken 864-979-7910 barn stored, needs PTO Aiken Chester $7900, call/text for photos 803-685-7240 shaft repair, $1050 803-309-9982 803-209-0893 Matthew Miller JD 7000 6R NOTILL PLNTR 5' DITCH BANK CUTTER Danny Leitner Richland in EC, $5500; JD 524 frt VERMEER 5410 RND BARE ROOT TRNSPLNTR Hardee, $2000 obo; Hardee mntd blade, $1600 Fairfield BALER or plug, w/barrel, Mechanical 803-719-3293 LT160 bush hog, LN, $1200 843-200-0887 Jeffrey Gilmore net wrap only, shed kept, Transplanter Co mod 1000, '86 DUMP TRUCK Glynn Webster Chesterfield 3PT SCOOP PAN EC, $9500 light use, $2500 obo Chev C30, new tires, $4250 Clarendon 843-517-0315 GC, $275 Paul Smith John Mahon Haskell Hughes 803-468-7403 Joyce Wannamaker Sumter Chesterfield Laurens JD 7100 6R CORN PLNTR CUB FA EC, fully loaded, field ready, Lexington 803-968-1026 843-910-7352 864-430-5559 w/cults, GC, $1800 843-834-1985 $7500 14' FINISHING DISC ENROSSI 8 WHL V-RAKE '97 KUBOTA L2500 Wendell Whelchel Sammy Thomas 8' CYL HARROW HARROW hyd fold, under shed, GC, TRACTOR Cherokee Lexington GC, $1000; Super A FA w/cyl & hoses, VGC, $2500 $2800, cash only 25 hp, 2WD, turf tires, 172 864-489-1050 Herb Powers hrs, $7750 803-413-6770 tractor, for parts, $350 Randy Orr HAY KING C-8 Russell Mixon Laurens Anderson Danny Hughes pasture/field renovator, '51 8N TRACTOR 864-684-0290 restored, LN, w/4 pcs of Hampton 864-295-3736 Dorchester EC, $2400; Vicon RS 510 803-943-3778 843-998-1978 equip, $5800 FORD 3415 TRACTOR CAT D6C 4 basket tedder, pull type, Joe Jordan TRACTOR FRT END LDR restored, GRC, 45 hp, PTO, $22,000; JD 110 backhoe, 4400 JD GAS COMBINE $2900; both FR & shed kept Sumter David Brown, $4200; FA 3ph, PS, 12 gear fwd, 4 rev, $20,000; JD 730, $9500; JD 13' flex head, good tires, Heath Hoover 803-236-5794 Super A tractor, $2200; 4×8 $7800 630 & JD 530, both $7200; many new parts & belts, Sumter util trl, $200; 3 btm plow, $300 Sue Varga Ward Kaufman GN, $8500 GC, $4000 803-499-4572 SITREX 2 BASKET TEDDER Anderson David Green GC, $1200 Gary Seay Ronald McGraw JD 2010 TRACTOR 704-293-6628 James Dyches Spartanburg Lancaster Spartanburg w/canopy, new rear tires, York 864-578-8214 JD 2840 704-547-1832 864-804-8090 w/2r cult & plntrs, GC, 803-230-4952 '19 TRACTOR W/LDR 80 hp, dual remotes lo-hi 750 MF COMBINE FORD 1700 TRACTOR $7500; GMC 7000 boom, Duetz-Fahr 4080E, 90 hrs, range, $9000 4r grain hdr, $375; straw newly rebuilt dsl eng, new 37' w/16' dump, $12,000 FORD 4-16” BTM PLOWS Robert Hurley w/gauge whl, new points, shuttle, radials, 80 hp, EC, chopper, $200 tires, starter, generator, Jimmy Wilson Laurens VGC, $900 4×4, no emissions, $32,000 Bobby Zimmerman radiator, 60" mwr, $6900 Anderson 864-981-5352 Joe Smith Debo Jacks Lexington Wayne Krause 864-923-2348 Greenville Horry Laurens JD 557 RND BALER 803-317-8681 YANMAR YM-3000 864-923-0522 864-385-4583 843-246-6862 shed kept, gauge whls, 3 DISC HARROWS TRACTOR 2R MULTIFLEX PLNTR twine wrap, $5500 pull type, 10 & 8 discs, 1 IH 1440 COMBINE runs good, has few issues, KMC 6R SUBSOIL BEDDER Harroll Stockman for parts or repair, $3150 w/shaper pan, $10,000; Cole 12MX, mntd on tool Taylor-way, $150 each; 3ph GC, $9000 Newberry F Rowe module builder, $2000 bar, VGC, extra plates, JD ripper, LN, $275 Charles Nichols 803-924-7878 Newberry Danny McAlhaney gears, & man, $1000 Tony Williams Saluda 803-271-7768 Bamberg Warren Cope JD 2R 7100 PLNTR Edgefield 864-445-8350 803-793-7095 Lexington 3ph, full trans, new seed 803-391-5713 FA 230 2 DBL HOPPER COLE 803-665-5822 hoppers w/seed meters, $1800 8N FORD GRC, 1 new rear tire, foam PLNTRS SUPER A FA Ray Ward high spd, mntd on 2r w/cults & drawbar, good LEWIS BROS GRC, $2500 obo; 7' Morra in frt tires, will not go into Clarendon cultivating bar, $850; 2r sheet metal, works, FC, $1950 HOUSEKEEPER disc mower, $3000; 3pt 5' reverse, $1500 obo w/clean-out option, little 803-473-3355 bush hog, $550; 3pt 5' Gill William Timmerman cultivating bar, $450; both EC Mark Miller Winfield Simons use, $15,000 obo '12 MAHINDRA 8560 box blade, $500 Aiken Georgetown Colleton 843-240-2306 Charles Huff w/ldr & bucket, 1050 hrs, 85hp, Rickie Evans 803-640-6265 Orangeburg 843-908-3256 dsl, 4WD, 12 spd, $23,500 Chester RND HAY BALE SPEAR 5' BUSH HOG 803-747-2504 James Burton 803-209-2714 (2) 52 MOLINE TRACTORS needs minor welding or for frt end ldr mounted, $150; Saluda driven to shed, 18+ yrs, not parts, fabricated frame, $150 KMC 3350 PNUT COMBINE TONUTTI HAY TEDDER spike harrow mod STH84, $8000; KMC pnut digger, 803-260-9972 mod GT310, 2 basket, 3ph, 80"W×40"D, 3ph mntd, $400 used, $2200 David Gravley Vance Clinkscales $2000; both 4r & in GC 300 GAL AG SPRAYER GC, field ready, $1200 Dennis Fraley Greenville Anderson 864-655-5187 Bud Sarvis 28' boom, $3500 obo Danny Leitner Beaufort Aiken Matthew Taylor Fairfield 843-598-1150 864-225-6084 JD 4440 TRACTOR CAB 843-687-4469 Lexington 843-200-0887 850 MF COMBINE AC, QR, dual whls, $25,000; JD 2020 '73 FORD 2000 803-767-3200 8N & 9N FORD TRACTORS dsl, $7500; 10'6" JD 285, 6r corn, 18' grain, all shed JD 456 hay baler, $8000; JD kept, w/all manuals, (2) row 1219 haybine & 2500 JD 450 gas tractor, & 6' scrape JD 7100 4R PLNTR both converted to 12V, w/ $6500; JD 335 baler, $8500; blade, $4500 obo w/subsoilers, $4000 obo new batteries, $2975 each JD 702 8 whl rake, $4000 crop hdrs, $8000 obo dozer, $4500 David Earley Daniel Sweat Otis Hembree Robert Hilton Lisa Wilson Ronnie Judy Spartanburg Dorchester Aiken Dorchester Orangeburg Saluda 803-534-3689 864-980-5039 864-316-1222 843-834-2340 803-663-3715 843-701-6394

GOATS / LLAMAS / SHEEP RABBITS

KIKO/KIKO MIX ST CROIX RAM LAMBS 2 PYGMY DOELINGS LAMBS REX FRENCH SILVER B-1/21, M/$150–250 reg, nvr wormed, breeder 6 m/o, friendly, bottle males intact or nurtured, yng, $15 & $20 each; grown 2 does & 1 buck, $300 for all; Jonathan Hardy qual rams, easy to keep, $325 raised, $250 each obo weaning age, $50 bucks, $20 each Flemish giant doe, $100 Richland Eddie Martin Robert Smith Ottis Wagner Philip Poole Lynn Claxton 803-730-8551 Anderson Oconee York Union Colleton 864-296-0454 803-271-6185 704-609-4912 864-427-1589 843-909-4285 100% KIKO BUCK 6 y/o, good colors, $400 ABGA FB BOER 2 NANNIE GOATS NORWEGIAN DWARF Charles Judy HERD Pygmy cross w/(2) 4 m/o GOATS SEED Orangeburg all 100% reg, 5 does, 2 bucks, kids each, $150/trio 12 w/o, blue-eyes 803-614-0533 sold as herd, $4000 Johnny Gardner w/horns, $125+ ADS MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A CURRENT SEED Lucas York Albert Woodberry SHEEP LAB TEST. rams & ewes, $100–200 Spartanburg 803-370-1999 Georgetown 864-680-5342 843-558-2009 SOYBEAN SEED WHT CORN SEED Kirby Bearden 2 M PYGMY GOATS cleaned, in 50lb Glyphosate Cocke's Prolific, G-98%, D/ Pickens PROVEN M PYGMY GOAT small, 11 m/o, $50 each or tolerant, P-99.37%, G-94%, HSD & G, 98%, for grinding 864-505-8566 $90 both for $80 D/H SD & G-94%, more, or milling, $30/pint + ship Wayne Hahn Randal Yon 4 NANNY GOATS $20/bag Clarence Gibbs $110 each Charleston Chester Jeffrey Gilmore Spartanburg Wayne Burdette 843-693-2006 803-203-2987 Chesterfield 864-594-9525 Anderson 843-517-0315 864-296-3496

MARKET BULLETIN 4 HAY & GRAIN

'20 4×5 MIXED GRASS COB CORN '20 CQ MIXED GRASS '20 4×5 NET WRAP CB 5×4 RND FESCUE CQ 4×5 MIXED GRASS $20/bale $6; shelled corn, 50 lb, $7; 55 4×5, string wrap, $30 each, well fert & lime, NR, shed in barn, $50 cut & baled 10/2020, $30 ea Gene Robinson gal drum, $40, drum not incl disc on qty kept, $50, del avail for fee Neves Few Paul McIntyre York Wyatt Eargle Danny Leitner Edward Chavis Greenville York 803-684-9423 Aiken Fairfield Barnwell 864-895-1454 803-493-2325 803-604-7535 843-200-0887 803-671-3108 4×5 TWINED CB '20 4×4 FESCUE HQ CB HAY 300 bales, $45 4×5 RND MIXED GRASS '20 MIXED GRASS '20 4×5 RND FESCUE barn stored, net wrap, well tight bales, $8/bale, can del Michael Luongo GQ, can del, $30 HQ & CQ, rnd bales, fert, net wrap, fert & limed, fert, del avail, $25/bale; ‘20 Victor Smith Lexington David Gardner limed, sprayed, $25–$30/ $35/bale oats hay, $35/bale Berkeley 803-309-5926 Saluda bale, del avail Pete Hawkins Leon Fulmer 843-688-5353 803-730-3485 Donald Counts Anderson Newberry SM SQ FESCUE (50) 4×5 BERMUDA BALES Newberry 864-296-1698 803-924-0493 w/Orchard Grass, clean, fert, '20 4×5 RND CB $1250; (50) 4×5 Bahia bales, 803-315-1016 last fall’s cutting, $7/bale net wrap, $45 '20 MIXED GRASS '20 4×5 RND CB $1050 Daniel Harned Wesley Wiles OAT & RYE GRASS outside 4×5 bales, loaded on net wrap, 100 bales avail, in Kirkland Gruber Pickens Barnwell $35; Wheat & Rye Grass, $35; your truck, $25–30/bale field, $30 Dorchester 618-318-3698 803-516-2557 Fescue, $30; grass mix, $25; George Reed Alton Hutto 843-563-2666 all 4×5 & net wrap Anderson Lexington '20 4×5 COASTAL '20 FESCUE & MIXED '20 4×5 RND CB net wrap, fert & sprayed, GRASS Charles Nichols 864-934-8110 803-600-6292 net wrap, shed kept, can Saluda NR, $50 each baled 9/20, NR, net wrap, '20 FESCUE 4×5 RND BROWN TOP MILLET del, $50 each Bruce Berret $25/bale 864-445-8350 net, sprayed, fert, shed kept, MIXTURE Andrew Rice Aiken Russell Estelle COMBINE RUN OATS $35; pasture kept, $25; local clean grass, 4×5 rnd, net Allendale 803-648-3077 Greenwood $40/55 gal drum or $4 bulk del avail wrap, shed kept, $40 803-686-1208 864-910-1192 Jason Nichols Michael Marini Howard McCartha CB/FESCUE/CRABGRASS '20 HQ RND CB Lexington 4×5, net wrap, $35, at barn '20 HQ FESCUE Saluda Greenwood string wrap, $40; sq, $6; Nelson Oswald 4×5 rnd, $45 each; shed 864-992-2753 864-344-8182 803-312-3316 crab grass & brown top, rnd, Lexington kept, NR, Pauline area ‘20 4×5 RND CB 4×5 CB '20 4×5 MIXED GRASS $35; all shed kept 803-532-4001 John Graham net wrap, limed & well fert, $50; 4×5 Crabgrass-Millet, fert, $35/in barn; $25/outside Clayton Leaphart Spartanburg NR, stored outside, indiv on $35; all shed kept John Steele Lexington 4×5 RND HAY BALES $20/each or $15/each w/ 864-809-0104 pallets, $50 each Larry McCartha Lancaster 803-892-2642 Eddie West Lexington 803-283-7720 purchase of 2+ CQ MIXED GRASS '20 LRG SQ HQ FESCUE Don Turner 4×5 bales, net wrap, $35/bale Aiken 803-606-2499 CQ 4×5 MIXED GRASS fert, NR, $4.50, at barn 803-507-8205 Spartanburg Tony Williams 4×5 HQ FESCUE $30/bale, can del Don Hall 864-706-7990 Edgefield 4×5 RND COW HAY net wrap, under shed on Chuck Bailey Greenville 803-391-5713 $25/bale, bulk disc avail pallets, del avail for fee, $50 Greenwood 864-303-8472 ‘20 CB Luke Cook Otis Hembree 864-993-4774 $30–35; Bahia, $15; '20 4×5 CB '20 4×5 FESCUE 900 lb bales net wrap, $35, in field; $40, Lexington Spartanburg BAHIA TIFTON 9 HQ, shed kept, $35 Tom Thornton under shed 803-467-6540 864-316-1222 high moisture, $15 Wesley Boland Lexington Josiah Williams '20 FESCUE MIX ORCHARD /FESCUE MIX Danny McAlhaney Newberry 803-960-4068 Bamberg 4×4 rack & tarp stored, $20; HQ, at barn, 21 bales/cube, Bamberg 803-768-2010 843-693-1970 sm sq, barn stored, $4.50, $126/cube + del cost 803-793-7095 '20 MIX GRASS HAY '20 4×5 FESCUE tight 4×5 bales, NR, stored HQ CB del avail Joseph Henson HQ CB SQ net wrap, $40 outside, $25 $50 each; CQ, $35 & $30 Waitman Dixon York no litter used, $7/at barn, Bobby Baker Mike Wright each; all 4×5 net wrap Laurens 803-448-5287 del avail, McBee area Lancaster 864-683-6620 Pickens Henry Welch NW ALFALFA George McCoy 803-804-2230 864-270-0560 Berkeley 3×3×8, 900 lbs, $200; 3×4×8, Chesterfield '20 FESCUE & MIXED MIXED GRASS HAY 843-899-5414 1500 lbs, $260; Timothy/ 843-307-8866 '20 4×5 CB GRASS CQ, 4×5 rnd, $20 4×5 rnd, fert, NR, $20 & $25/ net wrap, shed stored, $55; '20 4×5 RND RYEGRASS Alfalfa, 3×3×8, 900 lbs, $180, '20 4×5 RND FESCUE Mike Armstrong outside stored, $45, del avail 5 bale min, $25 each bale cash sales HQ, fert, barn kept, $35 Greenville w/in 50 mi Mike Cousins Wayne Crandell Chris Roux Brad Griffith 864-630-6174 Bobby Zimmerman Newberry Greenville Cherokee Anderson Lexington 803-940-6555 864-420-2589 864-906-5471 864-419-0614 803-317-8681

PLANTS & FLOWERS

ADS ARE NOT ACCEPTED FROM COMMERCIAL NURSERIES, WHICH ARE DEFINED AS HAVING ANNUAL SALES OF $5,000. National Ag Day LRG 3 GAL AZALEAS RIVERBIRCH MONKEY GRASS CANNAS $8; Loropetalum, 1 gal Azaleas, weeping willow trees, $10 aka Liriope, hosta, $4 each; Iris, min 1 dozen each color, Pres MARCH 23, 2021 Boxwoods, Gardenias, $5; each; 3gal Loropetalums, Daylily, $5 each; Hydrangea, red, yellow, Bengal tiger, no Tea Olives, $7; red & pink $12 each; Sago Palms, $20 Gardenia, $8.50 each ship, $8/dozen Dogwoods, $20; more each; more, no ship Woody Ellenburg Robert Yonce DID YOU KNOW: F C Noles Larry Johnson Pickens Aiken Barnwell Orangeburg 864-855-2565 803-685-7240 The average American 803-383-4066 803-664-4213 farmer feeds approximately POULTRY 166 people worldwide? 1 Y/O HENS 20 INDIAN BLUE WHT KING PIGEONS 9 SILVER CHUKAR $14 each; pigeons, mixed PEACOCKS Silver Kings, Homers, $15 QUAIL colors, $7 each, wht, $14 each 17 peahens, 3 males, all >y/o, each; Rollers, $12 each; $100; 3 trios of Blk Sumatran Find ideas for celebrating Wayne Burdette $100 each Giant Runts, $75 each , $100/trio agriculture at agday.org. Anderson Jimmy Pruitt Lynn Claxton James Malphrus 864-296-3496 Union Colleton Dorchester 864-674-6538 843-909-4285 843-821-8172 CHICKENS 14 m/o, $20 each GUINEAS INDIA BLUE PEACOCKS ISA BROWN ROOSTERS Robert Turner $25/pr; extra jacks, $10 each; $250/pr; guineas, $12 ea; 6 m/o, $5/rooster Orangeburg Game Warhorse, Flarry Eye Golden & Silver Polish, $15 ea; Nik McDonald 803-596-6463 greys, $30+ bantams, more, $10–15 ea Abbeville Philip Poole Joe Culbertson 864-532-1535 ROOSTERS Union sev diff breeds, weekend Greenwood PEACOCKS p-up only, $1 each 864-427-1589 864-229-5254 India Blue, Pied Purple, Pied Robert Smith PIGEONS 4 LIGHT BRAHMA ROOS Purple Blk Shoulder, Wht Newberry yng chicks, $7; wht racing 6 m/o, $12 each India Blue We, more, $125+ 803-271-8185 Homers, $15+; mixed color Dottie Young Carrie Odom racing Homers, $15+, can Chester Chesterfield ASEEL INDIAN GAME send photos 843-439-9601 CHICKENS 803-581-1105 Habron Smith pullets, $10 each; stags, TOM TURKEY GOLDEN PHEASANTS $15 each Pickens Rio Grande, 1 y/o, $100 '20 hatch, 2 pr, $75/pr Marshall Henderson 803-389-6499 Larry Gunter Kent Jewell Cherokee EGYPTIAN FAYOUMI Lexington Lancaster 864-480-8500 CHICKS 803-532-7394 803-320-3708 1 w/o, easy care, heat tolerant, PILGRIM GEESE disease resistant, NPIP/AI FRENCH BLK COPPER goslings, wht M, $10; gray & MARAN wht F, $20 clean, straight run, $8 each trio, '20 hatch, $75 Tom Brandner Patricia Dukes Vivian Hickman Aiken Calhoun Florence 803-641-1191 803-606-1140 843-389-7372

MARKET BULLETIN 5 MISCELLANEOUS

100 COLLAPSIBLE CRATES DRIED PINE LUMBER 4 FRAME NUCS 38 SPRINKLER HEADS 280 GAL OIL TANK ⅛ CORD FIRE WOOD for market, harvest & rough cut, 1" bds, 1×6, 1×8, w/marked queen, $145 each; Rainbird oscillating mod $60 sold in the rack, 3 ready storage, mod 6425, open, 1×10, 1×12, 85¢/bdft $50 dep req'd for each Nuc 30h, $150 for all Gary Seay to burn, 1/8 cords of Ash & 24”L×16”W×11”H, $7 each obo Joel Grubb ordered Harold Wright Spartanburg River Birch, $50, p-up John Mahon Calhoun Danny Childers Cherokee 864-578-8214 Dakota Hollman Chesterfield 803-351-0144 Kershaw 864-838-4763 Lexington 100% PURE RABBIT 843-910-7352 803-549-7857 803-687-6382 TRACTOR PARTS REAR WHL WGHTS MANURE 4500' IRRIG SYSTEM for '66 Ford 2000, water GREAT DANE MWR for FA Cub, FA A-140, $100/ 22 tons, $600, free del w/in 5 MILK CANS 180 brass sprinklers, 2" pipe, pump kit, hoses, thermostat, 61" zero turn, $3500 obo set obro; 50 uncut martin 100 mi of Spartanburg GC, $30 each, or all for $25 pump & more, $7800 muffler, all new, $65 Otis Hembree gourds, lrg, $5 each Tyson Waddell each; IH corn shucker, early John Faris Barney Williams Spartanburg Robert Yonce Spartanburg 1900's, $125; both antique Spartanburg Lexington 864-316-1222 Aiken 864-347-0560 Larry Seyller 864-573-9311 803-543-8715 803-685-7240 Greenville OAK FIREWOOD WATER TUB 864-360-1849 2 FIRESTONE AG TIRES CARPENTER BEE TRAPS del, stacked, cut to size, full CARPENTER BEE TRAPS 150 gal Rubbermaid, never used, 9.5×24, FC; 1 Carlisle to catch & dispose, lots of 5 size p-up, Cola areas, $125 $12 each used, $100 TROY-BILT TILLER turf tire, 29×12.5×15, LN, for $85 w/instr Ronald Wright Andrew Burroughs Gordon Hill Horse mod, 8 hp Koehler $100 for all William Timmerman Richland Lexington Anderson eng, $500 Gray Wilson Aiken 803-606-1666 803-530-6092 864-617-5413 James Burton Beaufort 803-640-6265 Saluda MARTIN GOURDS GY 19.5-24" TIRES 3LB PKG HONEYBEES 843-525-0836 803-260-9972 2 DUALS w/holes bored, $1.50+ 10 ply, new, $850; 14.9-28 $115, Italian, 3/31 p-up 2 COLE PLNTRS 18.4-34 tires/rims off a MF John Eubanks w/rims, $650; 18.4×42" all in Branchville, weather 6 GROUND NESTING & 2 fert distrib, mule drawn, 285, FC, 12 over rim clamps Kershaw terrain Firestones, $1800 ea permitting BOXES GC, $75 each & j-hook bolts, 6/side, $750 803-475-8510 Ronnie Judy Mark Connelly for waterfowl, used, $40 ea Haskell Hughes Trent Porth Dorchester Bamberg Kent Jewell 2 POLY STORAGE TANKS Laurens Lexington each 5000 gal, $2000 each 843-701-6394 843-599-0963 Lancaster 864-430-5559 803-413-8065 803-320-3708 Danny McAlhaney BAND SAWED LUMBER OVAL TUBING SAND CLAY & TOPSOIL DSL WELDER Bamberg 2×6×12, $7.20/each; 2×6×16, for drip irrigation, new, 10' COPPER PIPE 5 ton load, $50/sand clay; AC-DC Miller, 2500 low hrs, 803-793-7095 $9.60/each; all other sizes 4"×130' & 3"×200', $50 each 2" dia, no bend or kinks, $85 $75/topsoil, del w/in 20 mi 50' of leads, $6500 avail, 60¢/bdft Benjamin Dubard Danny Creamer PINE LUMBER David Wannamaker Stanley Taylor seasoned & rough cut, Jason Fogle Lexington Lexington Calhoun Chester 2"×4", 6", 8", 60¢/bdft; 1"×4", Orangeburg 803-307-9694 803-206-3279 803-682-2117 803-789-5236 6", 8", 80¢/bdft 803-533-8703 55 GAL FG DRUMS JD SPRAYER TANK SAND CLAY COMP FARM BELL Mark Miller BUDD ALUM WHLS metal & plastic, open tops, 6500-6700, $1000; JD 5 yds, $70; topsoil, 5 tons, old, #3/$350; ex lrg farm Georgetown 11×24.5, $85; 5 gal buckets lids & rings, $15, $20, $25 ea; sprayer pump 6500, new, $100; crush-n-run, 5 tons, bell, w/wheel, comp, $1200; 843-240-2306 w/lids, $1.85; fuel tank w/ 275 gal port tow tanks, $50 $750; sprayer pump clutch, $150, will del w/in 15 mi #20 hash pots, $200 each; gauge, $155 ea; more new, $400 ZTR MOWER radius of Harleyville #15, $150; more 2 drum, barn kept, $4000 F Rowe Philip Poole Jeff Millen John Parker Perry Masters Steve Hartsell Newberry Union Chester Dorchester Greenville Anderson 803-271-7768 864-427-1589 803-209-0893 843-670-2941 864-561-4792 864-287-2938

WANT – FARM EQUIPMENT WANT – LIVESTOCK

12' FIELD CULT JD 3020 EACH AD MUST LIST SPECIFIC ANIMALS. & JD 7100 Plntrs 4020, 4240, 4055; 10–12' Ray Ward BWA harrow 1–3 Y/O NZ KIKO DOES BLK BREASTED RED CATTLE AUTO SEX KING PIGEONS Clarendon Ronnie Judy DNA verified 100% OE game Bantams, 1 cock & or Swiss Mondane pigeons, 803-473-3355 Dorchester Cal Norris 6–10 hens Kenneth Satterfield Asil games, or any 843-701-6394 Edgefield Frank Barron Laurens reasonably priced poultry CASE IH 685 OR 695 864-378-2693 Richland 864-304-3172 Lynn Claxton low hr, GC, w/RB or cab 4R NO TILL PLNTR 803-790-1188 Colleton Jeff Millen JD 7000 series INDIA BLUE PEACOCK WILD BARN/SILO PIGEONS 843-909-4285 Chester Jimmie Rivers 2 y/o M, reasonable, will trade 2 F PEACOCKS you trap, we will pay 803-209-0893 Chesterfield guineas or game chickens prefer white Sue Myers 843-634-6849 Philip Poole Tom Thornton Chester 3PH DISC TILL Union Lexington 262-203-6672 in GC 864-427-1589 803-960-4068 Tommy Cumalander Newberry 803-414-2542

WANT – MISCELLANEOUS

PINE SAWTIMBER 5V CRIMP TIN FIELDS OF LONG LEAF SYRUP KETTLE PULPWOOD SAW TIMBER PRIEFERT MODEL 85 Pine Pulpwood & Hdwd, we no chicken house metal PINE STRAW anvils, any size wash pots, hdwd pine, all types of or model 91 head gate cut sm or lrg tracts, 8A+ David Wannamaker top prices paid, 15 yrs exp old lighting rod w/balls thinning or clear cut, pay Jimmie Rivers H Yonce Calhoun David Shull & weathervane, lrg coffee top prices, Upstate Co's Chesterfield Edgefield 803-682-2117 Lexington grinder, more Tim Morgan 843-634-6849 803-275-2091 803-318-4263 Perry Masters Greenville DBL RING GAS BURNERS Greenville 864-420-0251 SUGARCANE MILL used in old tobacco barns, BLK SMITH ANVIL & syrup kettle, doesn't have fueled from below, not & old farm bell, any size; 864-561-4792 to be in WC from the side hand crank corn sheller Justin Welch Marshall Murdaugh Larry Gunter Berkeley Colleton Lexington 843-412-8467 843-562-2252 803-532-7394

SOUTH CAROLINA SEEKS SOYBEAN FARMERS FOR UNITED SOYBEAN BOARD BY SCDA

The South Carolina Soybean Board is looking for soybean farmers interested 2. Be a resident of South Carolina in filling South Carolina’s alternate position on the United Soybean Board, 3. Be at least 21 years of age which will become vacant in December 2021. To be considered for the national leadership position, interested farmers need The United Soybean Board is made up of 78 volunteer farmer-leaders to submit a USDA Background Information Form before the April 18th, 2021 who oversee the investments of the soybean checkoff on behalf of all U.S. deadline. To obtain this form, contact Laura Lester Jordan at 803-734-1767 or soybean farmers. Checkoff funds are invested in the areas of meal, oil and [email protected]. sustainability, focusing on programs and partnerships that drive demand and preference for U.S. soy. As stipulated in the Soybean Promotion, Research The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture will make the final appointments. The USDA and Consumer Information Act, USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service has has a policy that membership on USDA boards and committees is open to all oversight responsibilities for USB and the soybean checkoff. individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation and martial or family status. The Any farmer interested in applying needs to meet the following criteria: chosen individual appointed is eligible to serve a total of three consecutive terms. 1. Be a soybean producer who owns or shares the ownership and risk of loss in For more information about the United Soybean Board, visit unitedsoybean.org. soybean production

MARKET BULLETIN 6 GIVE PEACH A CHANCE AGAINST DISEASES, INSECTS, WEEDS BY CLEMSON UNIVERSITY

Peach is one of the leading crops grown in the Oriental fruit moth management includes usually emerge about four weeks after larvae enter Carolinas and Georgia, and the Clemson University monitoring with pheromone traps. Blaauw advises the soil. The complete life cycle, from egg to emerged Cooperative Extension Service provides valuable growers to set one trap per 10 acres. Treat if 10 adult, requires five to eight weeks, depending upon information to help growers maintain their pole moths are found in one trap. the climate. There are usually two generations of position. plum curculio in Georgia and South Carolina. “Timing is crucial,” Blaauw said. “Deciding if and This information includes how to detect and fight when to spray for the oriental fruit moth can be diseases, insects and weeds. Clemson Extension based on pheromone catches and using the degree- PEACH WEEDS Peach Team members recently shared their day model.” In addition to diseases and insects, peach growers knowledge about these vandals with growers also need to control weeds in their orchards. The degree-day during a Zoom meeting. One disease growers model predicts adult should be ready to defend their orchards against emergence and egg is brown rot. This disease drives peach tree spray hatch for each of the programs in South Carolina and Georgia. Clean five to six generations orchard floors are key in controlling brown rot. of oriental fruit moths “The disease cycle for brown rot begins early in during a season. To the season,” said Guido Schnabel, a Clemson plant use the model, begin pathologist. “The brown rot fungus infects flower accumulating daily blossoms and in severe cases causes twig dieback.” degree days when male flight begins in the To minimize damage, Schnabel said growers should spring (biofix). The biofix remove all fruit mummies and cankerous parts date is when pheromone from trees. traps detect the first “Orchard floor management also helps minimize sustained catch of two spring spore release,” he said. “Strategically, the or more moths. Traps most important sprays are during bloom and the should be placed in weeks leading up to harvest.” orchards near the bud swell stage and checked In organic peach production, Schnabel advises one to two times per growers to focus on soil and tree health, preserve Wayne Mitchem, Extension associate and Southern week. The traps should be hung at eye-level at a beneficial insects and other microbes, and tighten Region Small Fruit Consortium coordinator from density of 1 trap per 10 acres of orchard. Check spray intervals given that most organic products North Carolina State University, talked about traps weekly after the biofix date. are only marginally effective. successful weed management. Andy Rollins, a Clemson Extension county agent, “Brown rot is arguably the greatest challenge to “Weeds will reduce yields in mature orchards,” has been monitoring the oriental fruit moth in manage for organic growers and research is in the Mitchem said. “In order to maximize yields and the upstate. His traps estimate biofix beginning works to find control options,” he said. fruit size, growers must maintain weeds from bud around March 18–25 of this year (2021). Degree Day break.” Several tools to help fruit growers have been Calculators are available from UGA Weather and developed by researchers in the Clemson Fruit Degreedays.net. Growers who use herbicides for weed control will Pathology Program. The MyIPM Smartphone be faced with some decisions to make in 2021. “Last year, this information was very important App Series provides growers along the East Coast Surflan and oryzalin will not be available. Prowl to upstate growers because it helped time the with information about fruit crop diseases, will be the alternative. Brake On! is a new herbicide applications of pheromones which reduced pests, and disorders. App content is maintained available this year, and Gramoxone has a new insecticide use and provided better control of this in collaboration with fruit extension specialists formulation. pest than traditional methods,” Rollins said. at Clemson, Cornell University, University of Brake On! is labeled for use in some stone fruits, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania State University, More information is available in the 2021 including peaches, but should not be used in University of Maryland, North Carolina State Southeastern Peach, Nectarine and Plum Pest orchards for more than two consecutive years. University, the University of Florida, and the Management and Culture Guide. The new Gramoxone SL 3.0 formulation is more University of Georgia. San Jose scale is another insect peach growers concentrated and requires less herbicide applied MyIPM is a free app available in the Apple Store should pay attention to. Problems from this insect per acre. However, it does contain paraquat, so and Google Play. include branch dieback and eventually tree death certain restrictions must be followed if using this if left untreated. Pruning peach trees to improve herbicide including: Clemson post-doctoral scientist Madeline Dowling spray coverage and applying horticultural oil twice has created a video, MyIPM: App for Pest and • Applicators must be certified. during the dormant season can help. Disease Management on Fruit Crops, to assist • All paraquat applicators must complete growers in learning how to use the app. This video Additionally, combining an insect grower EPA-approved paraquat training. is available online at vimeo.com/486538727. regulator, such as Centaur or Esteem with the oil can enhance the control of the scale. Combining • Using a new closed-system packaging for PEACH INSECTS Venerate with the delayed-dormant oil application paraquat-containing herbicides. has also shown to In addition to The closed-system packaging is designed to prevent significantly suppress diseases, insects, transfer or removal of the pesticide except directly scale numbers including the oriental into proper application equipment. This prevents compared to oil alone. fruit moth, San Jose Peach is one of the leading crops grown spills, mixing or pouring the pesticide into other scale and the plum in the Carolinas and Georgia, and the Blaauw provides containers or other actions that could lead to curculio also can updated information paraquat exposure. The closed-system packaging cause problems for Clemson University Cooperative Extension for insect control in design requires use of an adaptor mounted to the peach growers. Brett his UGA Peach Blog. mix bowl or spray tank for dispensing. Blaauw, a peach Service provides valuable information to Information in the “Retailers will have the adapters,” Mitchem said. entomologist with blog is applicable a joint appointment help growers maintain their pole position. to South Carolina In addition, Syngenta has a video available to teach between Clemson peach crops, as well as people more about the closed-system packaging and the University of Georgia peach crops. used for Syngenta products containing paraquat. Georgia Cooperative The video, Gramoxone SL 3.0 Closed-System Plum curculio is a snout beetle native to North Extension Services, said problems with the oriental Packaging, is available on YouTube. America. Early spring in the southeastern United fruit moth in South Carolina are more of an issue States, the female plum curculio begins depositing Peach is a main crop in the Carolinas and Georgia. in the upstate. eggs singly in a hole that she creates in the fruit at According to the United States Department of “Adult moths emerge and mate shortly before shuck split in peaches. Eggs in about five days and Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service, bloom,” Blaauw said. “The most severe damage larvae feed in the fruit for 8 to 22 days. Full-grown more than 80,000 tons of peaches were produced occurs later in the season when the larvae attack larvae tunnel out of the peach, enter the soil and in the Carolinas in 2020, while Georgia reported developing fruit.” transform into pupae. First-generation adults producing 28,000 tons. MARKET BULLETIN 7 SC BLACK FARMERS COALITION SEEKS MEMBERS STATEWIDE THIRD ANNUAL CONFERENCE SET FOR MARCH 28–29 BY EVA MOORE North Charleston farmer Germaine Jenkins was been meeting on Zoom during the pandemic, is “Drive Into Justice” and topics include how Black inspired to create the SC Black Farmers Coalition discussing its core goals, which include a Black farmers can tap into Black churches for resources, after attending a 2019 conference in New York farmland incubator, more Black-led food hubs, how to collect information on your farm legacy called BUGS, or Black Urban Growers. After years and continuing education for Black farmers. The for posterity, and presenting the results of a Black of attending farming and community development group has also raised money for seed capital to help Farmer Equity Audit. conferences with mostly White attendees, she says, young farmers get started in business. BUGS was different. To join the SC Black Farmers Coalition, visit scblackfarmers.com They’re hoping to attract more rural members or email [email protected]. The Coalition’s Regional “There’s lots of Black farmers in South Carolina,” around the state, and more older farmers. Captains include Bonita Clemons, Columbia (803) 479-2231, she notes. “The majority are rural. It’s sometimes “For elder farmers who can see ahead of them a [email protected]; Najmah Thomas, St. Helena Island/ isolating doing this work. And I went to a time when they’re not farming any longer but want Beaufort [email protected]; Derick Hopkins, Estill conference that felt like a family reunion.” to have their land actively used for farming: We (480) 450-5498, [email protected]; and Alex Curtis, Buoyed by the supportive and connected have a bevy of young Black farmers who are looking Charleston (202) 841-2419, [email protected]. atmosphere at the New York conference, she for land,” she says. “We’re interested in starting a returned to South Carolina determined to bring land bank where we can develop contracts with Black farmers together. She founded the SC Black elder farmers to create a win-win lease situation Farmers Coalition soon after. with young farmers who need that one-on-one mentorship and space where they can grow long 2021 SC BLACK FARMERS Jenkins runs Fresh Future Farm, an urban farm in term.” North Charleston. Like many farms, it was hit hard CONFERENCE by the pandemic, especially in spring 2020 when “The other thing elder farmers have to offer is things first shut down. experience and expertise. We want the knowledge Sunday, March 28 and Monday, March 29 that Black farmers have gathered for generations to “The pandemic exacerbated existing problems,” she not die when they transition.” The conference will be held virtually. says. “We don’t have the staff and resources to apply Participants who registered by March 1 were for bigger grants that might help us build capacity. Jenkins knows the Coalition’s virtual meetings are a entered into a lottery for one of 30 spots to It’s a vicious cycle of being too under-resourced to barrier for some farmers who may not have reliable attend in-person from the safety of their cars. take full advantage of some of the opportunities internet access or computer know-how. The that exist for farmers in general in the state.” coalition is naming regional captains around the state to help reach members by phone or in person. REGISTER: freshfuturefarm.regfox.com/ The way Black farmers have struggled during the sc-black-farmers-conference-2021 pandemic highlights the need for the SC Black The coalition is also holding a conference March Farmers Coalition, she says. The new group has 28 and 29, both virtual and in-person. The theme

CLEMSON RESEARCHERS DEVELOP NEW TECHNOLOGY TO HELP VEGETABLE GROWERS BY DENISE ATTAWAY, CLEMSON UNIVERSITY BLACKVILLE, S.C. – Most South Carolina the drip system. The app has a drop-down liquid fertilizer that will not clog up the drip vegetable growers agree that proper fertilization menu for users to input the age of a crop to help irrigation emitters,” Miller said. “Also, it is generally and irrigation are important for their crops. But determine crop nutrient demands at that stage not recommended to apply phosphorous through just how much fertilizer is enough? of development. Those recommendations are a drip irrigation system because of the possible cross-referenced from the Southeastern U.S. precipitation of phosphates and consequential Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service Vegetable Crop Handbook and the N.C. Strawberry clogging of drip emitters. Phosphorous does not researchers have taken the guesswork out of this Association’s Strawberry Plasticulture Guide. move freely through the soil so it can be easily equation by creating a calculator that determines applied pre-plant with a granular fertilizer.” the amount of liquid fertilizer needed to fertilize “This app makes use of published data for nutrient through drip irrigation systems in a process called requirements throughout a crop’s life,” said Last, a “drip fertigation.” Clemson Extension horticulture agent. A GROWER’S PERSPECTIVE Jim Basara, coordinator of a 6-acre community The Clemson Drip Fertigation Calculator is In addition, Last said there are several factors for farm on Spring Island, said the Drip Fertigation designed to help South Carolina vegetable determining the amount of fertilizer to be applied. Calculator helps make his job easier. farmers achieve the greatest returns on their “Development stage of crops always has an impact,” investments while protecting the environment. “We are a 6-acre community farm,” Basara said. he said. “For example, the amount of fertilizer to This free web-based calculator (app), developed “We grow a whole range of vegetables here. Think be applied to younger vegetative crop will generally by Justin Ballew, Kendall Kirk, Rob Last and Zack of it as a private CSA (Community Supported be lower than a more mature crop. Nutritional Snipes, helps farmers make more precise fertilizer Agriculture) farm with sweet corn, broccoli, status of a crop can also play a role. For example, applications. The researchers say using it will help cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, onions, cabbage, in strawberries, if the petiole nitrogen content is save money and increase crop productivity. lettuce, kale, bok choi, turnips, greens, carrots, low then additional nitrogen should be applied. spinach, fennel, kohlrabi, zucchini, squash, “By adding liquid fertilizer to irrigation systems, This reduces the risk of nutrients becoming limited cucumber, tomatoes, sweet and hot peppers, okra, plants are given a little bit of fertilizer each time and limiting yield potential. The same calculations eggplant, radish and herbs. This year, we will plant farmers water their generated by the app well over 200 different cultivars of crops.” crops,” said Snipes, can be done manually assistant program and give the same The farm is divided into three watering zones. leader for the Clemson results.” Each zone contains plants of the same crop family Cooperative Extension that have similar water and fertilizer requirements. Gilbert Miller, Service horticulture Basara said using the calculator helps ensure crops Clemson Extension team and an area receive the proper amount of nutrients. It also vegetable specialist, horticulture agent. saves time and is a stress reliever because he doesn’t said fertigation is an “This reduces runoff have worry if his calculations are correct. “excellent method” and leaching as for meeting the daily “I think there are farmers out there like us who are compared to granular nutrient needs of fruit hesitant due to a number of unknowns and this applications.” Clemson Extension researchers have developed a calculator to help South Carolina vegetable growers use and vegetable crops, calculator knocks down a big barrier to adopting To use the tool, growers fertigation systems to irrigate and fertilize their crops. adding if the drip fertigation,” Basara said. select the fertilizer irrigation cycle time is In addition to the Drip Fertilizer Calculator, other formulation to be used, not too long, nutrients calculators and web applications (apps) available from pounds of nitrogen needed per acre per day and the provided via fertigation will remain in the crop root the Clemson Extension Precision Agriculture Group amount of acreage to be fertigated. The calculator zone and be readily available. can be found at clemson.edu/extension/agronomy/ determines how many gallons of fertilizer are “Growers should make sure they use a high-quality PrecisionAgriculture/calculators/index.html. required to supply the needed nutrients through MARKET BULLETIN 8