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re: Have we past the point of no return for the cane harvest?
Posted on 12/30/22 at 6:37 pm to Ron Cheramie
Posted on 12/30/22 at 6:37 pm to Ron Cheramie
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One of the few places to find wild quail nowadays. They use it.
Yeah, because there isn't shite else for them to live in.
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Posted on 12/30/22 at 6:38 pm to highcotton2
The net is roughly $50 per ton of cane on the farmers side. You are figuring tons of pure sugar
Posted on 12/30/22 at 6:44 pm to Cowboyfan89
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Yeah, because there isn't shite else for them to live in.
It’s kinda perfect for them.
Like a tall grassland
Disturbed every other year from harvest and then burned
Tons of bare ground
Weeds and bugs for them to eat
Lots of edge
Overhead cover to escape predators
Posted on 12/30/22 at 6:59 pm to GREENHEAD22
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Yea cane is a fricking racket.
And worthless for wildlife.
Beats the shite out of solar farms.
Posted on 12/30/22 at 7:03 pm to GREENHEAD22
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And worthless for wildlife.
Every year there are deer and a bear or two that a hit by the cane cutting machines in south Louisiana.
Posted on 12/30/22 at 7:16 pm to tigerinthebueche
I don't disagree there, that shite is the scourge of the earth.
Posted on 12/30/22 at 7:34 pm to AlxTgr
Still a lot of uncut cane in Northern St. Landry Parish.
Some next door to my MIL.
Some next door to my MIL.
Posted on 12/30/22 at 7:52 pm to Sucrose
With a name like Sucrose I’m sure you know all about sugar cane. I know absolutely nothing about it. What would sugar cane straight out of the field bring? Edit: never mind I see where you said $50/ton.
After reading a little more it seems a ton of raw sugar cane yields about 220lbs of sugar. So if they are indeed harvesting 60 tons that would be roughly $5670 per acre assuming the $859/ton August price.
After reading a little more it seems a ton of raw sugar cane yields about 220lbs of sugar. So if they are indeed harvesting 60 tons that would be roughly $5670 per acre assuming the $859/ton August price.
This post was edited on 12/30/22 at 8:11 pm
Posted on 12/30/22 at 10:14 pm to Ron Cheramie
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It’s kinda perfect for them.
That's like saying my yard is a perfect replacement for forestland for seed-eating birds because I put feeders up.
Sugarcane fields as a substitute for quail habitat is like giving a rock to someone and calling bread--if they don't have anything else to eat, they will be grateful for the gift.
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Disturbed every other year from harvest and then burned
Tons of bare ground
Yeah, especially in winter.
Posted on 12/31/22 at 7:13 am to baldona
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I’m not calling BS as I’m clueless, but is that number right? 100,000 lbs of sugar per acre?
its not 100,000# of sugar/Acre. they are only producing about 220-240# sugar per ton of cane.
you need to figure in the cost of fertilizer (which sky rocketed the last 2 years), cost of pesticides, cost of fuel (sky rocketed), lbor cost, equipment note, land rent, and equipment repair and maintenance into all this.
This post was edited on 12/31/22 at 7:19 am
Posted on 12/31/22 at 8:50 am to Ron Cheramie
We never hunted quail before New Years because of the standing cane.
Posted on 12/31/22 at 9:18 am to Cuz413
Multiple crews working fields in Avoyelles and Rapides this morning.
Posted on 12/31/22 at 1:31 pm to leblanc272
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you need to figure in the cost of fertilizer (which sky rocketed the last 2 years), cost of pesticides, cost of fuel (sky rocketed), lbor cost, equipment note, land rent, and equipment repair and maintenance into all this.
Yes, this. Gross income nowhere near equal to net profit in farming/ranching.
Posted on 12/31/22 at 4:59 pm to tigerinthebueche
No a freeze that may kill the Cain increases sugar content. Mills drive the grinding season now since so many have closed.
This post was edited on 12/31/22 at 5:02 pm
Posted on 1/1/23 at 9:39 am to highcotton2
Uncle Sam provides these sugar baws a monopoly by limiting importation of foreign sugar and setting a price floor; so of course they do well.
This post was edited on 1/1/23 at 9:40 am
Posted on 1/1/23 at 9:46 am to White Bear
Yup, can't blame anyone putting land into cane though with the guaranteed payment. I have some family with a good chunk of land around central LA which has historically been corn/soy or cotton. Now its all in cane.
This post was edited on 1/1/23 at 4:41 pm
Posted on 1/1/23 at 1:05 pm to GREENHEAD22
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Yup, cane to turndown putting land into cane during to the guarantee payment. I have some family with a good chunk of land in around central LA which has historically been corn/soy or cotton. Now is all in cane.
You still drinkin from the NYE party, baw?
This post was edited on 1/1/23 at 1:05 pm
Posted on 1/1/23 at 4:41 pm to Cowboyfan89
That was all fricked up.
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