Farms

Starkey Swine Center
A teaching and research swine center is maintained with approximately 100 sow capacity. The center has modern farrowing houses and nurseries. Both single finishing and group finishing facilities are available.

Facilities are designed to allow teaching and research using traditional confinement techniques as well as low investment confinement.

LaMaster Dairy Cattle Center
This dairy cattle facility supports teaching, research and extension activities. There are approximately 150 milk cows representing the Holstein, Jersey and Guernsey breeds and an equal number of young stock.

The facility consists of a milking parlor equipped with automatic take-off units and computerized milk weight system, free stalls, calf barns and a 24 cow research barn.

Beef Cattle Center
Several hundred brood cows are used for teaching, research and Extension purposes. Facilities include numerous pastures, forage paddocks, and feeding pens and barns. Herds of Simmental crosses and Angus are maintained with emphasis on crossbreeding using A.I. bulls from several different breeds. A bull test station is maintained in cooperation with the S.C. Cattlemen's Association.

Equine Center
A teaching and research area is maintained with approximately 100 Quarter horses and Thoroughbreds. Facilities include a riding area, forage paddocks and feeding pens.

Morgan Poultry Center
The Morgan Poultry Center maintains flocks of broilers, egg-producing hens and turkeys for the research, teaching and public service needs of the department. Other species (quail, pigeons and guinea fowl) are sometimes also used.