The Pee Dee State Farmer’s Market dedicated a building in honor of state Sen. Hugh Leatherman of Florence on Friday afternoon.
And along with the new building at the market, farmers there said they’re seeing more people purchasing all they need to plant their very own garden.

FLORENCE — Tony Melton is a man constantly on the move as a Clemson Extension area county agent.

As planting season gets under way in the Pee Dee, a subculture of gardeners and farmers are growing herbs, often in addition to their usual crops.

Local farmers are taking precautions to protect their plants ahead of Tuesday night’s potential freeze.

The monthly meeting of the Florence County Planning Commission ended emotionally for one Florence family after that body decided they would not be allowed to keep several goats, chickens and pigs living on their property.

Clemson University and the University of Georgia Extension Service will conduct a beef cattle forage seminar in the Marion County Extension Office at 206 Airport Court, Suite C, Mullins, on March 10.

Ever think about what it would be like to step back into time? Well, it’s possible at the One Horse Family Farm in Conway. The farm that will detail all things 19th century is almost complete but won’t make its debut until 2010.

Deborah Leask of Myrtle Beachh says, she’s got a certain kind of love for all kinds of animals, but particularly for Wiggly, her Vietnamese pot-bellied-pig.

Darlington County Council put off action on a request for a variance for a road into a proposed turkey farm near Darlington on Monday.

The S.C. Forestry Commission is investigating the theft of about $6,000 in pine straw from the Sugarloaf Mountain area of Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge near McBee during the past month.

The S.C. Department of Agriculture recently announced plans to help organic farmers in the state achieve organic certification through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Organic Certification Cost-Share program.

Thanksgiving might be over, but turkey remained a hot topic during Darlington County Council’s regular meeting Monday night.

Turkey farmers expressed their concern Tuesday night to the Darlington County Planning Commission about a petition that requests the county adopts a zoning ordinance that would prohibit the development of poultry farms.

The Pee Dee State Farmers Market is expanding from the wide spaces of open air to the smaller confines of closed air replete with heat and air conditioning.

The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control has issued a permit for Scott Haselden’s proposed turkey farm in Darlington County.