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USDA Sugarcane Field Station
where Florida's cane varieties are bred
- Founded
- 1920
- Evidence class
- publicly verified operating
- Place
- Canal Point, Palm Beach County
- District
- The Glades
- Status as of 12 September 2026
- Operating; the CP cultivars occupy over 90 percent of Florida cane acreage, per USDA.
- Connections
- 3 edges, 3 distinct neighbours · betweenness 0.011 (rank 83 of 243) · location and lineage only 0.000 (rank 184) · outside share 0.00
- Confidence
- High · sources: [ARSCP] [PBCH1] [WCP] (register)
USDA establishes the station in 1920 under Dr. E. W. Brandes; since about 1960 it breeds the CP prefix cultivars under a three party agreement with UF/IFAS and the Florida Sugar Cane League [ARSCP][PBCH1].
Connections
Support
- supportedCanal Pointthe defining institution of the community1920 to present
Collaboration
- collaborationUF/IFAS Everglades Research and Education Centeruniversity party to the CP cultivar agreementabout 1960 to present
- collaborationFlorida Sugar Cane Leagueindustry party to the three way cultivar development agreementabout 1960 to present