People! That's what Clemson University's Edisto Research & Education Center is all about. Men and women working as a team to help solve problems facing the South Carolina farmer, particularly the farmer in the Coastal Plain. Their task is to find better ways to grow and harvest crops, raise beef cattle and conserve natural resources. It's problem solving centers like Edisto REC that make it possible for consumers to shop at supermarkets stocked with an abundance of high quality food.

Edisto REC is one of five branch stations of the South Carolina Agriculture & Forestry Research System, the research arm of Clemson University's Public Service Activity. The Edisto Experiment Station, as it was originally named, opened its doors near Blackville, in 1937 with 200 acres, three researchers, one tractor and six mules. Since then, it has grown into a 2,354 acre center that includes most of the major soil types of the upper Coastal Plain.

Eight faculty members with research and/or extension duties now staff Edisto REC. They hold PhD degrees in agricultural engineering, animal science, entomology and plant pathology. About 30 more faculty from the Clemson Campus, USDA and other branch stations use the Edisto REC as a field site for research and/or demonstration work. Students seeking advanced degrees also use Edisto as a research site. Assisting the faculty at Edisto are 22 technicians and support personnel.

Clemson University

College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences

Agriculture & Forestry Research

Cooperative Extension Service

For Additional Information Contact:

• Edisto Research & Education Center
• 64 Research Rd.
• Blackville, SC 29817
• E-mail: RCEDST@clemson.edu
• Phone: (803) 284-3343
• Fax: (803) 284-3684

This Web page was created by Dr. Larry W. Olson - LOLSON@clemson.edu