CIVIL WAR EXHIBIT 1B 2A OPINION 4A OBITUARIES 7A SPORTS 2B PUZZLES 4B BOOKINGS 7B CLASSIFIEDS QUOTE ‘All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.’ EDMUND BURKE Vol. 142, No. 39 NTWO SECTIONS e• 16 PAGwES s&PreESTAs BLISHsED 1874 75¢ OCTOBER 5, 2016 Darlington, S.C. WWW.NEWSANDPRESS.NET DarCo Progress talks agribusiness future the Palmetto AgriBusiness development. stant market demand for food By Samantha Lyles Staff Writer Council spoke to Progress mem - Shuler said that agribusiness and the prohibitive cost of ship -
[email protected] bers about the need for east represents a $42 billion a year ping food from other countries The potential role of food coast food processing plants and industry in South Carolina, with or even from the west coast of processing took center stage last the potential financial gains $18 billion from forestry and the United States. Shuler noted week as Darlington County Darlington County could reap $24 billion from agriculture. that it costs on average about Progress, the private business by focusing on this industry. Breaking it down further, he $6,000 to transport a container arm of the public / private eco - “Darlington County is just added that 48-percent of that of food grown in California to nomic development partnership right for agribusiness,” said $24 billion comes from the the east coast, and said that between Darlington County and Shuler, noting the county's rich poultry industry alone. costs would be notably lower if local business and industry, history with farming and agri - Food processing plants could farming states like South held its 2016 annual meeting culture, and encouraging all provide a stable financial Carolina had more food pro - September 29 at the SiMT con - present to keep “top of the mind anchor for Darlington County, cessing and packaging plants.