SC Ag Commissioner Hugh Weathers

South Carolina Ag Commissioner Hugh Weathers now finds himself with added duties, and he joins me now to talk about that, and I understand that as a result of the working ag lands bill that was signed by Governor McMaster back in March, you now sit on the board of the South Carolina conservation bank. […]

The drought continues in South Carolina, and I understand there’ve been some new developments affecting farmers. You and I talked about drought last week, of course. But since then, South Carolina hit a few new milestones showing just how rapid and serious this drought is. The state Drought Committee met and moved the entire state […]

The latest Drought Monitor map reflects what every South Carolina farmer already knows: We’re in a drought. Here to talk about it is Commissioner Hugh Weathers. The latest US Drought Monitor map, released July 3, has 71% of the state in the Moderate Drought category. Just two weeks earlier, only a small fraction of the […]

Dry conditions are threatening crops in both Carolinas. North Carolina Farm Service Agency Director Bob Etheridge tells SFN the damage to some crops is irreversible. “The corn crop for all practical purposes, are pretty well gone, except in some of the black land areas down east, where the ground’s a little heavier, they had a […]

I understand the South Carolina Department of Agriculture has twice as many employees as it did last week, and some new responsibilities. Here to tell us about it is Commissioner Hugh Weathers. As of July 1, the food safety duties that were part of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) are […]