U-Thong Field Crops Experiment
Station was established in 1965. It was renamed as Suphan Buri Field
Crops Research Center after the re-organization of the Department of
Agriculture in 1982.
The center is located on Highway 324 (Suphan Buri -
Kanchanaburi) opposite Mount Wongpart in Moo 10 village, Tambon Jorakae Samphan,
Amphoe U-Thong, Suphan Buri Province (latitude of 14 18' N, longitude of 99 51'
E, altitude about 7 meters asl) as shown in picture.
The center is divided into 2 sites.
The main site or office site is surrounded by the area of 24 ha. Another site
is at Rangpho, 5 km west of the main site (Kanchanaburi Province direction).
The area of this site is about 40 ha. Besides these 2 sites, the area of about
16 ha has been rented every year from the farmer. It is 5 km far from the main
site in the direction to Amphoe Maung, Suphan Buri province. Thus, the total
area of 80 ha has been used annually for field crop experiments including
breeding works.
The center has a responsibility for
mandated crops (sorghum and sugarcane) and other field crops grown not only in
the Suphan Buri Province area, but also in the seven neighboring provinces which
are Kanchanaburi, Nakhon Pathom, Prachuab Kiri Khan, Phetchaburi, Ratchaburi,
Samutsongkram and Samutsakhon.
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