Once the cane is cut, rotating arms strip off leaves and undergrowth and move the stalks though cutters that chop them into smaller pieces. Typically, farmers will harvest crop from one planting for 3-5 years. A new shoot will sprout from the cut stalks of cane for the next harvest. Sugar cane is a perennial grass, meaning it doesn’t have to be replanted every year. Moving through the rows, the harvesters stand up the cane and cut it a few inches above the ground.
Harvest takes place rain or shine, and the often muddy sugar cane fields necessitate harvesters mounted on tracks instead of wheels which get stuck in the muck. Sugar cane’s growing season is about one year, much different than traditional crops planted in the spring and harvested in the fall. Not only does it mean harvest, but also planting season. A tropical grass that flourishes in hot, wet climates, sugar cane can grow 10-20 feet high by the time it’s ready to be harvested.įall is a busy time for sugar cane growers.
While most people are familiar with sugar cane, they may not be aware that it accounts for nearly half of the sugar in the United States the other half comes from sugar beets.
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