{"id":12705,"date":"2015-01-12T12:00:08","date_gmt":"2015-01-12T17:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/creative.clemson.edu\/clemsonworld\/?p=12705"},"modified":"2015-01-12T12:00:08","modified_gmt":"2015-01-12T17:00:08","slug":"walterl-dantzler67","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/walterl-dantzler67\/","title":{"rendered":"Walter L. Dantzler \u201967"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/clemsonworld.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Profile-Dantzler.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-gallery wp-image-12321\" src=\"http:\/\/clemsonworld.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Profile-Dantzler-833x684.jpg\" alt=\"Profile-Dantzler\" width=\"833\" height=\"684\" \/><\/a>Family and farm<br \/>\nBy any measure, Santee farmer Walter Dantzler is a blessed man. After graduating from Clemson\u2019s advanced ROTC program in June 1967, he helped his father bring in the harvest before heading off to Vietnam. Then he served a 13-month tour of duty before returning to the family farm.<br \/>\n\u201cI got home from Vietnam on a Saturday, went to church with my family on Sunday and was back farming by Monday,\u201d Dantzler said.<br \/>\nDantzler was named South Carolina winner of the Swisher Sweets\/Sunbelt Ag Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year. He visited with the other state winners at the Expo in October.<br \/>\n\u201cIt was good talking about the joys and challenges of farming with people who understand. To a person, they all talked about wanting their families involved in their operations,\u201d Dantzler said.<br \/>\nTherein lies Dantzler\u2019s other great blessing: His is a multigenerational family farm, with wife Maida Owen \u201968, son Bryan \u2014 who attended Clemson, daughter-in-law Gina and 11-year-old grandson Dyson all putting shoulder to the wheel. And the Dantzlers aren\u2019t just a farming family \u2014 they\u2019re a Clemson farming family. Maida is retired after 39 years teaching science at Holly Hill Academy. Son David \u201998, M \u201907 works for the Coastal Regional Commission of Georgia. Youngest son Brook, a Citadel graduate, is an agency manager for Farm Bureau Insurance.<br \/>\n\u201cAll three of my sons grew up baling hay and working in the fields. \u2028I gave them the choice, and David and Brook chose to work away from the farm. That\u2019s all right. I\u2019m proud of all my children,\u201d Dantzler said.<br \/>\nDantzler farms approximately four thousand acres of corn, cotton, peanuts, soybeans and wheat, along with 512 acres of timber. He uses guidance systems for planting and irrigation, grid sampling to reduce fertilizer and chemical use, and strip tillage for better weed control and less erosion.<br \/>\n\u201cThe technology has changed some things, but farming is still a hot and sweaty job with long hours,\u201d Dantzler said.<br \/>\nDantzler is confident grandson Dyson will be the next generation to work the land. \u201cDyson shows a real love for being outside and working hard. When it\u2019s his turn, we\u2019ll have drones flying over these fields.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Family and farm By any measure, Santee farmer Walter Dantzler is a blessed man. 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