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About Us - History of the Clemson Experiment Station
In 1887, the Hatch Act gave this nation its network of agricultural experiment stations. The Hatch Act provided federal funds for agricultural research at state colleges and universities. In 1962, the McIntire-Stennis Act provided similar federal funding for forestry, natural resources, and environmental research.
This allowed the United States, through research, to become the most effective producer of food and fiber in the world. More than 100 years after passage of the Hatch Act, research at Clemson University continues to enhance food, fiber, environmental and natural resource activities in South Carolina.
Agricultural
researchers in South Carolina discovered puffed cereals, saved the cucumber
industry from oblivion, developed soybean growing techniques that helped
feed a hungry world, and were chiefly responsible for eliminating the
chronic dietary disease pellagra.
Today the hot research topics include molecular biology, water
quality, turfgrass and ornamental horticulture, pest management, sustainable
agriculture, and food safety.
1669 - 1889: Early beginnings (opens a new window)
1900 - 1997: Research stations around the state (opens a new window)
1998 - Present: New model for land grant universities (opens a new window)
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