COLUMBIA, S.C. — Five South Carolina farmers specializing in growing cut flowers have formed a new agricultural cooperative to work together to market their flowers wholesale to the floral industry.

Growing and selling cut flowers is a difficult niche to break into. With fierce competition from countries with more tropical climates, as well as local commercial wholesalers, it's hard to price your ...

Well-marketed cut flowers can net existing farms an increase in income per acre compared to traditional vegetables, according to Robin Trott, a seasoned Extension educator at the University of ...

CEDAR — Michelle Shackelford grows a huge variety of flowers on ¾ acre along M-72. But few people notice. "Flower farms aren't a pretty as people think they're going to be," she said. "You're pulling ...