Since 2006 South Carolina's cash receipts for agricultural products have increased significantly, and SC Ag Commissioner Hugh Weathers is pleased with the growth.  In 2006 agriculture cash recepts totaled $1.9 billion, and just last year, in 2011, that number was $2.6 billion; a 27% increase. 

Recently, agricutlure surpassed toursim as South Carolina's leading economic driver, and South Carolina is one of the few states in the nation that has increased land mass for agricultural production.