Prior harvest affected 2019 Sugarcane Crop

By Bruce Schultz

LSU AgCenter

CROWLEY, La. — Kenneth Gravois, LSU AgCenter sugarcane specialist, said the muddy 2018 harvest affected the recent sugarcane crop with reduced cane tonnage.

“It was a light crop,” Gravois said. “Anytime you have a muddy harvest in the previous year, you have a hangover effect into the next year.”

The average yield was 30 tons per acre statewide, compared to 39 tons the previous year.

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