“I want to keep my grandpa happy and keep doing, keeping the farm moving and growing every year,” Markel Dixon said of being the sixth generation to farm the land in western Horry County. Here he shares a laugh with his grandfather Warren as they take a break from the fields in October. Dixon Farms has been owned and operated by the Dixons since 1850, before the Civil War. Markel Dixon and his father Corey are taking over the daily operations of the farm as Warren steps down. In addition to tobacco, the farm products include cattle, soybeans, corn and sweet potatoes. Photo by Janet Morgan/janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com Read more
“Moma would let us get the ground suckers and she’d get the top suckers because we were short,” Warren Dixon said as his brother Greg topped and cut suckers in a tobacco field with Dixons Farms in western Horry County on July 15, 2021. “We’d be complaining about our back hurting. ’Son, you ain’t got no back.’” Warren and Greg are both fourth-generation farmers on the land that the Dixons have owned since before the Civil War. Warren is in the process of stepping away from the daily duties as he hands it over to his son Corey and grandson Markel. “I’m 69. I ain’t got no business out here,” he said on a hot summer day. “I’m not looking for a career.” Photo by Janet Morgan/janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com Read more
“I want to keep my grandpa happy and keep doing, keeping the farm moving and growing every year,” Markel Dixon said of being the sixth generation to farm the land in western Horry County. Dixon Farms has been owned and operated by the Dixons since 1850, before the Civil War. Markel Dixon and his father Corey are taking over the daily operations of the farm as his grandfather Warren steps down. In addition to tobacco, the farm products include cattle, soybeans, corn and sweet potatoes. Photo by Janet Morgan/janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com Read more
In May 2021, Markel Dixon talks about and simulates the growth of the tobacco plants. Photo by Janet Morgan/janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com Read more
Alone and curious, a deer wanders from the tobacco rows on July 15, 2021, at one of the Dixon Farms fields in western Horry County. Photo by Janet Morgan/janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com Read more
Temperatures were high and the air was thick before 9 a.m. in July as Markel Dixon pulled suckers from tobacco plants in western Horry County. Dixon Farms has been owned and operated by the Dixons since 1850, before the Civil War. Markel Dixon and his father Corey are taking over the daily operations of the farm as his grandfather Warren steps down. In addition to tobacco, the farm products include cattle, soybeans, corn and sweet potatoes. Photo by Janet Morgan/janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com Read more
Workers pick off suckers from tobacco plants on July 15, 2021, at one of the Dixon Farms fields in western Horry County. Photo by Janet Morgan/janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com Read more
Markel Dixon gathers the tops and strips the stalks in August 2021. “I want to keep my grandpa happy and keep doing, keeping the farm moving and growing every year,” he said of being the sixth generation to farm the land in western Horry County. Dixon Farms has been owned and operated by the Dixons since 1850, before the Civil War. Markel Dixon and his father Corey are taking over the daily operations of the farm as his grandfather Warren steps down. In addition to tobacco, the farm products include cattle, soybeans, corn and sweet potatoes. Photo by Janet Morgan/janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com Read more
Markel Dixon gathers the tops and strips the stalks in August 2021. “I want to keep my grandpa happy and keep doing, keeping the farm moving and growing every year,” he said of being the sixth generation to farm the land in western Horry County. Dixon Farms has been owned and operated by the Dixons since 1850, before the Civil War. Markel Dixon and his father Corey are taking over the daily operations of the farm as his grandfather Warren steps down. In addition to tobacco, the farm products include cattle, soybeans, corn and sweet potatoes. Photo by Janet Morgan/janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com Read more
Corey Dixon is the fifth generation at Dixons Farms in western Horry County. He had worked at Conbraco Industries for 20 years until July 2020 when he decided to retire and join the family business. Photo by Janet Morgan/janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com Read more
Tobacco is loaded into boxes to be placed in curing barns in August 2021 at the Dixon Farms in western Horry County. Photo by Janet Morgan/janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com Read more
Alone and curious, a deer wanders from the tobacco rows on July 15, 2021, at one of the Dixon Farms fields in western Horry County. Photo by Janet Morgan/janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com Read more
“Moma would let us get the ground suckers and she’d get the top suckers because we were short,” Warren Dixon said as his brother Greg topped and cut suckers in a tobacco field with Dixons Farms in western Horry County on July 15, 2021. “We’d be complaining about our back hurting. ’Son, you ain’t got no back.’” Warren and Greg are both fourth-generation farmers on the land that the Dixons have owned since before the Civil War. Warren is in the process of stepping away from the daily duties as he hands it over to his son Corey and grandson Markel. “I’m 69. I ain’t got no business out here,” he said on a hot summer day. “I’m not looking for a career.” Photo by Janet Morgan/janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com Read more
A flower, wet with dew, will be topped from tobacco plant on July 15, 2021, at one of the Dixon Farms fields in western Horry County. Photo by Janet Morgan/janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com Read more
Temperatures were high and the air was thick before 9 a.m. in July as Markel Dixon pulled suckers from tobacco plants in western Horry County. Dixon Farms has been owned and operated by the Dixons since 1850, before the Civil War. Markel Dixon and his father Corey are taking over the daily operations of the farm as his grandfather Warren steps down. In addition to tobacco, the farm products include cattle, soybeans, corn and sweet potatoes. Photo by Janet Morgan/janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com Read more
Sweet potatoes are boxed for shipping in October 2021 at Dixon Farms. The farm has been owned and operated by the Dixons since 1850, before the Civil War. Markel Dixon and his father Corey are taking over the daily operations of the farm as his grandfather Warren (taking a lunch break) steps down. In addition to tobacco, the farm products include cattle, soybeans, corn and sweet potatoes. Photo by Janet Morgan/janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com Read more
