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Although sugarcane thrives in humid temperatures, between 70Â°F and 95Â°F, sugarcane can be grown in many areas of the southern United States. Sugarcane is vegetatively propagated by means of seed-cane, a section of a mature cane stalk with one or more buds (or bud-eyes). Following harvest, sugarcane re-sprouts from underground buds located on basal (bottom or lower) portions of old stalks. This process is called ratooning..
The history of the Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida dates back to the 1950s when 16 farmers met to discuss joining together with other farmers in the region known as the Glades Area, which is west of West Palm Beach, Florida, and southeast of Lake Okeechobee, to form a farming cooperative.