Latest News From South Carolina

American Farmland Trust is partnering with governmental agencies and advocacy groups in South Carolina to employ GIS mapping tools to predict areas at the highest risk of development in the state.

A diminished peach crop hurt total fresh produce volumes in South Carolina in 2022, USDA statistics show.

Sweet potatoes lead the list of top-dollar fruit and vegetable commodities in North Carolina and South Carolina, according to USDA agricultural statistics for 2022.

North Carolina and South Carolina are anything but small potatoes when it comes to peanut production.

Lori Anne Peaches are now available at select retailers nationwide, Ridge Spring, S.C.-based Titan Farms reports.

Raleigh, N.C.-based L&M Companies has an ample supply of Carolina produce commodities in the months ahead, company leaders said.

Walmart plans to build a high-tech distribution center for fresh and frozen groceries in Spartanburg County, S.C., set to open in 2024.

Titan Farms, premier grower of South Carolina peaches, is now shipping their ever-popular patriotic-themed, volume fill box named “America’s Peach.”

Lori Anne peaches are back in stores at select retailers nationwide.

With harvest starting the first week of May, South Carolina is poised to offer buyers a good crop of peaches in 2021.

A $314 million ag-tech center ­— that will grow indoors, copack, distribute and sometimes process fresh greens, tomatoes, blueberries and other produce — is coming to South Carolina.

Multi-million dollar federal contracts have been awarded to three firms to provide fresh produce to military customers and select schools.

A University of South Carolina study shows that residents of the state are eating more local food because of the Certified South Carolina program.

Leafy greens grower, processor and shipper WP Rawl, Pelion, S.C., recently celebrated its 95th year in business.

The Allen Lund Co. has promoted Michael Patrick to director of business intelligence and analytics.

Crops in Florida were spared but Hurricane Dorian was still poised to dump big rains in coastal regions of the Carolinas on Sept. 5-6.

Titan Farms, Ridge Spring, S.C., and Harris Teeter, Matthews, N.C., have donated 219,000 pounds of peaches to food banks through the Peaches with a Purpose program over the past five years.

Ridge Spring, S.C.-based Titan Farms is ready to kick off another season of South Carolina peaches this week, ahead of Memorial Day celebrations.

About two dozen retail, wholesale and foodservice produce buyers joined South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster and Commissioner of Agriculture Hugh Weathers for an agriculture summit.

South Carolina growers are promoting their crops to mid-Atlantic and Northeastern buyers as a seasonal alternative.

The Clemson Alumni Association recently honored Lori Anne Carr, vice president and administrative manager at Titan Farms, with a 2019 Clemson Alumni Distinguished Service Award.

The South Carolina Department of Agriculture is the featured guest at the next dinner meeting organized by the Eastern Produce Council.