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CU-CAT

Clemson University Center For Agricultural Technology

CU-CAT is a Clemson University center for collaboration focused on research, education, and outreach to positively impact farmers through the creation and deployment of new solutions and increased accessibility to existing resources and recommendations.

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Clemson Master Pond Manager

The Master Pond Manager (MPM) course is designed to teach participants a wide range of pond management knowledge and skills. As a "hybrid" course combining online and face-to-face learning, it will incorporate self-paced lectures, discussions, quizzes, and other web-based methods of participant-instructor interaction, along with hands-on participation activities in the field. To learn more, watch our course introduction video, and read more details about the course below.

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AgrAbility South Carolina

The vision of AgrAbility is to enhance quality of life for farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural workers with disabilities, so that they, their families, and their communities continue to succeed in rural America.

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Executive Farm Management

The Executive Farm Management (EFM) program is a management course to equip farmers and executives with the business skills they need to thrive in the ever-changing field of agriculture. The program has been designed for large, family-owned operations across the Southeast, and the curriculum focuses on the management aspects of the operation which is adaptable for all operations of any size, scale and commodity focus.

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CEPSCI

Certified Erosion Prevention And Sediment Control Inspector Program

The purpose of the Certified Erosion Prevention and Sediment Control Inspector (CEPSCI) Program is to educate field personnel on the proper installation, maintenance and inspection of erosion prevention and sediment control measures at construction sites.

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CSPR

SC Certified Stormwater Plan Reviewer

The purpose of the Certified Stormwater Plan Reviewer (CSPR) program is to educate personnel on the proper design and review of stormwater and sediment control plans for development sites in order to meet regulatory and environmental requirements.

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Post-Construction BMP Inspector

The purpose of the Post-Construction BMP Inspector program is to train professionals in methods and strategies for conducting routine and thorough inspections of stormwater management practices. Visit the Certified BMP Inspectors page for a list of certified BMP inspectors.

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CAMM

Confined Animal Manure Managers Program

The Confined Animal Manure Managers (CAMM) program team consists of agents and specialists with Clemson University, the Clemson Extension Service, the SC Department of Health and Environmental Control, and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.

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Acre

Agribusiness Center for Research & Entrepreneurship

The Agribusiness Center for Research and Entrepreneurship (ACRE), an initiative by the South Carolina Department of Agriculture, is an umbrella organization that capitalizes on opportunities in the fields of agriculture, agricultural research, and entrepreneurship. Overall, ACRE seeks to provide additional economic prosperity for SC agribusiness from within the state and from across the globe.

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Agricultural Safety Program

The Agricultural Safety program at Clemson University uses experiential learning to teach safety education in agriculture for youth ages 14-18 in tractor and equipment maintenance and operation, roll-overprotective structures, power hand-tools, pesticides, electrical systems, lawn mower maintenance and operation, grain handling equipment and structures, safe loading procedures, hazard identification, and all-terrain/utility task vehicles.

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SEALS

Southeast Ag Lenders School

The Southeast Ag Lenders School (SEALS) is a conference that aims to educate agricultural lenders and producers on the factors currently affecting farmers and to bring them up to date on new techniques and new thinking about agriculture.

SC New & Beginning Farmer Program

The SCNBFP is focused on enabling new and beginning farmers to be successful, productive, and innovative members of their local agricultural community by providing them with the tools, knowledge and skills necessary to be successful entrepreneurs; sound business managers; exemplary stewards of SWAPA (soil, water, air, plants, and animals), and successful marketers of the unique products they create; and, perhaps most importantly, individuals who have a sense of pride and quality of life as a result of their investment and participation in the agricultural community of South Carolina.

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