Sugarcane was first
introduced to the region in the early 1800's. By 1913 there
were five major mills in operation .However, adverse
economic and political conditions after Would War I caused
the last mill to close in 1921.In the early 1960's
agricultural leaders ,in cooperation with the Texas
Agricultural Experiment Station in Weslaco and the
U.Department of Agriculture began to study the possibilities
of study of again producing sugar cane in South Texas. Years
of reteach and detailed, independent feasibility study
confirmed a high conical potential for a new sugar cane
industry.