Alumni Profiles

C. Earl ThrailkillC. Earl Thrailkill ’65

Spring 2005

Animal science graduate Earl Thrailkill is the current Lancaster/Sunbelt Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year for South Carolina. He and his wife, Libby, own Thrailkill Farms in Fort Lawn, where they grow hay, timber, turkeys and cattle.

In 2001, Thrailkill Farms received the national Progressive Farmer Rural Sportsman Wildlife Stewardship award for Upland Game Management. Thrailkill is a National Cattlemen’s Association delegate, National Wild Turkey Federation member, former S.C. Cattlemen’s Association president and AgSouth board director.

He’s also former mayor and council member of Fort Lawn, director of the Chester County Farm Bureau, former director of the Chester County Board of Commerce and Development, and a member of the Clemson Extension Advisory Council.

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