C.
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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