The 2020 virtual field days will be highlighting research important to the success of South Carolina producers and natural resource professionals.
Clemson University Experiment Station scientists will deliver timely information about ongoing crop and animal production research at the different Research and Education Centers.
These field days are free and accessible using any computer, tablet, or phone. Pre-registration is not required.
Videos will be released on the following schedule and posted to this webpage:
Baruch Institute: August 27
Pee Dee REC: September 3
Edisto REC: September 10
Piedmont REC: September 17
Sandhill REC: October 1

Sandhill REC 2020 Virtual Field Day Agenda
TITLE |
PRESENTER |
Sandhill Research & Education Center |
Kathy Coleman, Ph.D. |
Macroinvertebrates as Bioindicators |
Karen Jackson |
Peach Breeding & Genetics |
Ksenija Gasic, Ph.D. |
Invasive Callery Pear Treatment |
David Coyle, Ph.D. |
Impact of Invasive Callery Pear |
Jess Hartshorn, Ph.D. |
Early Successional Habitat |
Cory Heaton, Ph.D. |
Pollinator Project |
Cory Heaton, Ph.D. |
Longleaf Pine Management Practices |
Ryan Bean |
Reintroducing Prescribed Fire |
Ryan Bean |
SC Agricultural Economy Overview |
Adam Kantrovich, Ph.D. |
2020 Peanut & Cotton Market Update |
Nathan Smith, Ph.D. |
2021 Corn & Soybean Outlook |
Scott Mickey |
Livestock Markets During COVID-19 |
Bernt Nelson |
SC Feeder Cattle Sale Price Data |
Matthew J. Fischer |
Drip Irrigation for Row Crop Production |
Michael Plumblee, Ph.D. |
Piedmont REC 2020 Virtual Field Day Agenda
TITLE |
PRESENTER |
Piedmont Research & Education Center |
Matt Hersom, Ph.D. |
El centro investigativo y educativo del Piedmont |
Matt Hersom, Ph.D. |
Sorghum for Poultry |
Mireille Arguelles-Ramos, Ph.D. |
El grano de sorgo y la producción avícola |
Mireille Arguelles-Ramos, Ph.D. |
Increasing Marbling Trait in Beef |
Susan Duckett |
Bull Testing |
Matthew Burns, Ph.D. |
Livestock Forages |
Matias Aguerre, Ph.D. |
Organic Field Pea Breeding |
Dil Thavarajah |
Official Variety Testing Program |
Brad Stancil, |
Irrigation & Advanced Irrigation Tech |
Michael Plumblee, Ph.D. |
Musser Farm Plant Pathology |
Guido Schnabel, Ph.D. |
Peach Farm Sustainability |
Juan Carlos Melgar, Ph.D. |
Sostenibilidad del Melocotonero/Duraznero |
Juan Carlos Melgar, Ph.D. |
Peach Breeding & Genetics |
Ksenija Gasic, Ph.D. |
Animal Material as Fertilizer |
Bhupinder Singh Jatana |
Edisto REC 2020 Virtual Field Day Agenda
TITLE |
PRESENTER |
Edisto Research & Education Center |
Christopher Ray, Ph.D. |
Peanut Varieties |
Daniel Anco, Ph.D. |
Reintroducing Prescribed Fire |
Ryan Bean |
Nitrogen Management for Cotton |
Bhupinder Singh Farmaha, Ph.D. |
Managing Insect Pests of Cotton |
Jeremy Greene, Ph.D. |
Agronomic Crop Variety Trial |
David Gunter |
New Root Knot Nematode Resistant Cotton |
John Mueller, Ph.D. |
Irrigation |
Jose Payero, Ph.D. |
Multi-Variety Cotton Planting |
Michael Plumblee, Ph.D. |
Beneficial Bacteria for Peanut Production |
Hehe Wang, Ph.D. |
Palmer Amaranth Management |
Michael Marshall, Ph.D. |
Pee Dee REC 2020 Virtual Field Day Agenda
TITLE |
PRESENTER |
Pee Dee Research & Education Center |
Matthew Smith, Ph.D. |
Turfgrass Pathology & Nematology |
Joseph Roberts, Ph.D. |
Insecticides & Pollinator Protection |
Juang Chong, Ph.D. |
New Genetic Diversity in Cotton |
Todd Campbell, Ph.D. |
Corn, Bt Toxins & the Corn Earworm |
Francis Reay-Jones, Ph.D. |
NBT-Assisted Crop & Pesticide Development |
Sachin Rustgi, Ph.D. |
Improve Grain Production of Sorghum |
Richard Boyles, Ph.D. |
Cotton Seeding Rate & Seed Size Effects |
Matthew Inman, Ph.D. |
Tobacco Transplant Water Fertilizers |
Matthew Inman, Ph.D. |
Winter Oil Seed Crop Canola & Rapeseed |
Wonkeun John Park, Ph.D. |
SC Specialty Crop Development: Beans |
Anthony Melton, Ph.D. |
Ips Bark Beetles |
Jess Hartshorn, Ph.D. |
Reintroducing Prescribed Fire |
Ryan Bean |
Pollinator Project |
Cory Heaton, Ph.D. |
Baruch Institute 2020 Virtual Field Day Agenda
TITLE |
PRESENTER |
Belle W. Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology & Forest Science |
Skip Van Bloem, Ph.D. |
Carbon Monitoring & Sapflow |
Winter Widdifield '21 Genetics |
Edisto Watershed Plan |
Mattie Rourke '21 Biosystems Engineering |
Microplastics in Alligators |
Courtney Kittel '22 Biosystems Engineering |
Floating Treatment Wetlands |
Chris Coskrey '21 M.S. Environmental Engineering |