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UF/IFAS Range Cattle Research and Education Center

the ranchers' station

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Founded: 1941
Evidence class: publicly verified operating
Place: Ona, Hardee County
District: Peace River valley
Status as of 12 September 2026: Operating; 2,840 acres and about 700 head at Ona.
Connections: 3 edges, 3 distinct neighbours · betweenness 0.026 (rank 52 of 243) · location and lineage only 0.000 (rank 185) · outside share 0.67
Confidence: High · sources: [RCREC] [IFASCR] (register)

Legislators, cattlemen and citizens win the station in 1941 to serve south Florida, where two thirds of the state's cattle graze; its forage and herd research underpins the fenced pasture era [RCREC][IFASCR].

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Support

supported byFlorida Cattlemen's Associationcattlemen back the station's establishment1941

Collaboration

collaborationUF/IFAS Extension in the Heartland countiesextension carries the station's research to the region's ranchesongoing
collaborationOpen range era and the 1949 fence lawthe station is the research base of the improved pasture era1941 onward