Sugarcane Output Remains Above 2023

WASHINGTON - Dec 10/25 - SNS -- Production of sugarcane for sugar and seed is forecast at 34.9 million tons, down 1% from last month but up 5% from last season in comparable States, according to the latest USDA forecast.

Producers intend to harvest 924,000 acres for sugar and seed during the 2024 crop year, unchanged from last month but up 1% from last season, in comparable States. Yields for sugar and seed are expected to average 37.8 tons per acre, down 0.4 ton from last month but up 1.2 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 December 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
              :         :         :         : November 1 : December 1 :         :
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              :    1,000 acres       ------------ tons ------------     -- 1,000 tons --
              :
Florida ......:  407.6     404.0     44.6         46.1         45.9     18,187    18,544
Louisiana ....:  505.5     520.0     30.1         32.0         31.5     15,208    16,380
Texas 2/ .....:   16.5      (NA)     22.5         (NA)         (NA)        371      (NA)
              :
United States :  929.6     924.0     36.3         38.2         37.8     33,766    34,924
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(NA) Not available.
1/   Net tons.
2/   Estimates discontinued in 2024.