McGill's work shows how much responsibility farm women have these days. She is involved in cattle breeding, and keeps inventories and all records on a computer. She is also in charge of heat detection, herd health, and keeping up with the cattle on a daily basis. The farm could be exploding outside and my husband would keep snoring. Nancy McCannon of Cedar Ridge Farm is building a beef herd and running greenhouses full of vegetables and plants on a farm in Anderson County that has been in her family for several generations.
Equipment makes everything much easier now.
The front end loader on a tractor is the best invention ever. The round baler's fun. The subject of this year's forum was beef. Hoyle, Clemson Extension food specialist, shared current food trends and safe handling of food at different phases in the food system. Bryan is director of Livestock and Poultry Health Programs for Clemson and state veterinarian for South Carolina.