Cold Weather and Soil Temperature Update for Sugarcane in Louisiana

By Randy Price  

LSU AgCenter

I have had a few questions about the soil temperatures during the low temperature event we experienced on December 22, 2022. Note that the American Sugarcane League funded us some new temperature sensors and these were installed in an actual sugarcane field at Dean Lee. The data from these sensors is given below. The blue line is for the 2-inch depth.  Note that soil temperatures stayed sufficiently warm that no damage should not have occurred. If you do think you had any damage, please let your ANR agent know.