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Cane train approaching Clewiston bringing harvested sugarcane from the fields. The South Central Florida Express (SCXF) is at its busiest during the main sugar harvest, which usually runs from October to March each year. [1] U.S. Sugar is the only sugar company in the continental U.S. that transports sugarcane by rail.
In 2005, California and Hawaiian Sugar Company was acquired by American Sugar Refining, a company owned by Florida Crystals and the Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida. Florida Crystals is a privately held company that is part of FLO-SUN, a sugar empire of the Fanjul family.
Florida's sugarcane production expanded significantly after the United States ceased importing sugar from Cuba in 1960. [32] Most of the sugarcane is produced in organic soils along the southern and southeastern shore of Lake Okeechobee in Southern Florida, where the growing season is long and winters are generally warm. [32]
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Florida educator says the state's climate and soil are ideal for the practice of open burning of sugar cane crops, despite pollution concerns. Counterpoint: Sugar cane burning is ideal for Florida ...
Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida; T. Talisman Sugar Corporation; Three Chimneys Archaeological Site; U. U.S. Sugar This page was last edited on 7 November ...
Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of tall, perennial grass (in the genus Saccharum, tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with stout, jointed, fibrous stalks that are rich in sucrose , [ 1 ] which accumulates in the stalk internodes .
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