Slight Gain In Sugarcane Crop

WASHINGTON - Oct 11/24 -SNS -- Production of sugarcane for sugar and seed is forecast at 35.4 million tons, up slightly from last month and up 6% from last season in comparable States, according to the USDA.

Producers intend to harvest 924,000 acres for sugar and seed during the 2024 crop year, unchanged from last month and up 1% from last season, in comparable States.

Yields for sugar and seed are expected to average 38.3 tons per acre, up 0.1 ton from last month and up 1.7 tons from last season, in comparable States.

Beginning in 2024, estimates for sugarcane were discontinued in Texas.

Sugarcane for Sugar and Seed Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2023 and Forecasted October 1, 2024
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              :  Area harvested   :         Yield per acre 1/         :   Production 1/
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     State    :         :         :         :          2024           :         :
              :  2023   :  2024   :  2023   :-------------------------:  2023   :  2024
              :         :         :         :September 1 : October 1  :         :
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              :    1,000 acres       ------------ tons ------------     -- 1,000 tons --
              :
Florida ......:  407.6     404.0     44.6         46.1         46.1     18,187    18,624
Louisiana ....:  505.5     520.0     30.1         32.1         32.2     15,208    16,744
Texas 2/ .....:   16.5      (NA)     22.5         (NA)         (NA)        371      (NA)
              :
United States :  929.6     924.0     36.3         38.2         38.3     33,766    35,368
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(NA) Not available.
1/   Net tons.
2/   Estimates discontinued in 2024.