Why We Need Your Voice
Row crops have different cost structures than specialty crops. Specialty crops face different market pressures than forestry. Forestry has different capacity hurdles than livestock. Livestock has different consumer nuances than fiber markets. You know your own story, your hurdles, and what is impacting your operation in ways that are distinct and real.
Yet for all our differences, we share common ground. Regardless of size, season, or sector, every producer needs viable markets and resilience against rising input costs.
In a state this agriculturally diverse, where challenges are increasingly complex and fragmented, real-time input from individual producers is the most powerful and credible tool available to ensure that the evolving landscape of policy, research, and support is actually built to serve the people working and stewarding the land.
Getting baseline data through Your Voice is like setting your AB lines: alignment and repeatable precision for the future. This pilot is focused on producers in Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, and Hampton counties, with statewide expansion this fall. What matters most to you can shape the systems and policies that will affect multiple generations to come.
Convert Your Insights Into Policy Drivers
South Carolina's agricultural producers have never had a comprehensive, independent study dedicated to documenting their real experiences—until now. This study is independent, nonpartisan, and completely anonymous. No one will know who you are or what you answered.
This is a pilot study. We are currently accepting responses from producers in Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, and Hampton counties only. Statewide expansion is coming this fall.
It takes about 15 to 20 minutes. Your inputs can shape decisions for generations.
In agriculture and forestry, we do not operate without guidance. RTK—Real-Time Kinematics—is a precision GPS technology that keeps every pass accurate and aligned. Sharing your voice works the same way. It gives policymakers the precise, grounded data they need to make decisions that actually reflect what is happening in the field.
