Clemson University to open its fields for annual field day

Published: August 8, 2012

Clemson's Pee Dee research center celebrated 100 years of service in 2011. image by: Peter Hull
Clemson University

FLORENCE — Clemson University’s Pee Dee Research and Education Center will open its fields Tuesday, Aug. 21, for the annual Pee Dee Farm Field Day.

The event, which is free and open to the public, features morning tours that cover cotton, peanut and corn management; tobacco, peanuts and soybeans; and bioenterprise and wildlife.

The field tours will run simultaneously and are repeated. Each tour lasts about 90 minutes beginning at 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., meaning visitors can participate in two of three tours.

This year’s field day also includes presentations on grain sorghum as an alternative feed grain, flax and opportunities for the Pee Dee region, and an update of Pee Dee center renovations and the Advanced Plant Technology Program by George Askew, Clemson University associate vice president for Public Service and Agriculture.

Registration is not required and lunch is free.

Clemson’s Pee Dee center is at 2200 Pocket Road, Florence, just a few miles from Interstate 95.

For more information, call 843-662-3526.

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