Shelby H. Spivey

Agronomic Crops - Kershaw, Lancaster and Chesterfield Counties
Agronomic Crops Program Team, Chesterfield County Cooperative Extension Office, Kershaw County Cooperative Extension Office, Lancaster County Cooperative Extension Office

Office: 632 W Dekalb St, Camden, SC 29020
Phone: 803-900-0744

Email: shammo3@clemson.edu

Educational Background

M.S. Plant and Environmental Sciences
Clemson Univeristy 2025

B.S. Agricultural Sciences
Pennsylvania State University 2021

Profile

Shelby grew up in rural Western New York on her family's cattle farm and later received her bachelor's degree in Agricultural Science from Pennsylvania State University in 2021. She then completed her master's degree in Plant and Environmental Sciences in 2025. Shelby is currently an Agronomy Crop Agent covering Kershaw, Lancaster and Chesterfield Counties. She has a passion for agricultural production and aims to provide knowledge and resources to growers in the Midlands region of South Carolina.

Publications

Coleman, Alex; Marshall, Michael; Crouch, Jay; DeWitt, David; Hammond, Shelby; and Mueller, John, "Detecting and Managing Plant-Parasitic Nematodes on Grain Sorghum in South Carolina" (2026). Grain Sorghum. 1.
https://open.clemson.edu/sorghum/1

Croft, Jonathan K.; Smith, Kyle; Hammond, Shelby; Plumblee, Michael T.; and Mueller, John D., "Detecting and Managing Plant-Parasitic Nematodes on Soybean in South Carolina" (2026). Soybeans. 1.
https://open.clemson.edu/soybeans/1

Croft, Jonathan K.; Smith, G. Kyle; Crouch, Jay; Hardy, William J. III; Hammond, Shelby; and Mueller, John D., "Introduction to the Plant-Parasitic Nematodes Affecting Row Crops in South Carolina" (2026). Introductory Materials. 1.
https://open.clemson.edu/materials/1

Crouch, Jay; Coleman, Alex; Hammond, Shelby; Plumblee, Michael T.; and Mueller, John, "Detecting and Managing Plant-Parasitic Nematodes on Corn in South Carolina" (2026). Corn. 1.
https://open.clemson.edu/corn/1

Dantzler, Zachary; Arco, Dan; Varn, Joe E.; Hammond, Shelby; and Mueller, John D., "Detecting and Managing Plant-Parasitic Nematodes on Peanut in South Carolina" (2026). Peanuts. 1.
https://open.clemson.edu/peanuts/1

Gibson, Rogan; Dantzler, Zachary; Varn, Joe; Hammond, Shelby; Mikell, Hannah Watts; and Mueller, John, "Symptom Identification and Sampling Methods for Nematodes in South Carolina" (2026). Introductory Materials. 2.
https://open.clemson.edu/materials/2

Smith, Kyle; Gibson, Rogan; Hammond, Shelby; Croft, Jonathan; and Mueller, John, "Detecting and Managing Plant-Parasitic Nematodes in South Carolina Cotton" (2026). Cotton. 1.
https://open.clemson.edu/cotton/1

Hammond, S., Sathasivam, M., Fallen, B., Smith, J., Bridges, W. C., Jr., Rustgi, S., & Narayanan, S. (2025). Identification of new germplasm sources and physiological traits for breeding heat-tolerant soybean varieties. Crop Science, 65, e70209. https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.70209

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