Used IBC totes in Belle Glade, Florida

What the sources say about Belle Glade

Sugar cane and vegetables are grown around the lake; the area is nicknamed Muck City for its muck soil.

The Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative's cane sugar mill in Belle Glade employs 550 people during the crop season.

Palm Beach County had 440,209 acres in agriculture in 2017-18, 35% of its land.

More background on Belle Glade

A large dike was erected to protect towns around the lake from storm-driven overflows, and the Florida legislature established an agricultural research station at Belle Glade in 1921.

Wikipedia gives 55.22 inches of average annual precipitation and a record low of 21 degrees Fahrenheit.

ZIP codes and neighbors

33430. Nearest: West Palm Beach (127,744), Wellington (63,258).

What that means for totes

Our reading: growers and the mill are the clearest buyers and sellers. Rinsed totes for irrigation and fertilizer mixing are the match to ask about.

Say how far from the main roads you are, since farm access varies.

A farm city on a lake with a 1928 storm in its history takes water and weather seriously. Our reading: a grower asking about irrigation will want a rinsed tote, a firm pad and a plan to strap or empty before a named storm.

Before you buy in Belle Glade, check the soil under the pad. Muck soil can be soft, so a tote needs a deeper base of crushed rock, and a tote beside an irrigation canal needs a way to keep the pad from washing out.

Even a modest shed roof matters on a farm: at 55.22 inches a year, each 1,000 square feet could shed about 34,200 gallons by UF/IFAS's 0.62 gallon per square foot per inch, though irrigation demand in the dry months is the real limit.