SUGARCANE

ALL SUGAR IS OBTAINED FROM THE JUICE OF TWO PLANTS THE SUGARCANE AND SUGAR BEST.SUGAR CANE IS GROWN IN TROPICAL AND SUB TROPICAL AREAS WHEREAS BEET IS CULTIVATED MAINLY IN TEMPRATURE  COUNTRIES .THE YIELD PER ACRE OF SUGARCANE IS GREATER AND COST OF PRODUCTION IS LESSAR THAN BEET.SUGARCANE PROVIDES ABOUT 65 PERCENT OF THE WORLD'S SUGAR...
COMMERCIAL USES OF SUGARCANES:
             THE JUICE OF THE SUGARCANE  IS NOT ONLY USES FOR GUR,RAWSUGAR AND REFINED SUGAR BUT IT ALSO USED FOR MANUFACTURING ALCOHOL , VINEGAR ETC..THE CRUSHED STEM OR CANE RESIDUE IS USED AS CATTLE FEED,FUEL,MANUFACTURING OF PAPER AND CHIP BOARD ETC..IN BRAZIL REFINED JUICE IS USED IN AUTOMOBILES IN PLACE OF PETROL.THE BY PRODUCTS IN THE REFINING OF SUGAR FROM THE JUICE IS MOLASSES A RAW MATERIAL FOR INDUSTRIES .THE PLANT IS A FAVOURITE FEED OF MANY ANIMALS SUCH AS ELEPHANT, HOGS AND CATTLE. IT IS ALSO CHEWED BY MEN AND IT'S RAW JUICE IS TAKEN AS BEVERAGE MOSTLY IN SUMMER..
CULTIVATION:
             CUTTING OF OLD PLANTS ARE USUALLY PLANTED IN FURROWS ALREADY PREPARED FOR SUGARCANE CULTIVATION .AFTER A FEW DAYS SIX TO TEN STALKS GROW FROM EACH BUD..DEPENDING ON VARIETY AND THE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS OF THE AREA PLANTED SUGARCANE TAKES TEN TO TWENTY FOUR MONTHS TO RIPEN. THE STALKS ARE CUT AS NEAR TO GROUND AS POSSIBLE BECUASE THE GREATEST ACCUMULATION OF SUGAR LIES IN THE BASE OF THE STEM.THE CANES ARE BULKY CHEAP AND PERISHABLE THEREFORE TRANSPORTED QUICKLY TO THE LICSL MILL TO BE PROCESSED WITHIN 48 HOURS OF CUTTING TO PRESERVE THE HIGH QUALITY OF THE SUGAR .THE MILL MUST BE NEAR THE FARM BECUASE THE SUGAR DETERIORATES IF IT IS NOT QUICKLY PROCESSED .ON THE OTHER HAND IT WOULD BE COSTLY IF TRANSPORTED TO A LONGER DISTANCE.AFTER HATRVESTING THE PLANT MAY BE UPROOTED AS IN INDONESIA WHERE THE SUGAR IS GROWN ON ANNUAL BASIS BUT IN MOST CASES THE ROOTS ARE LEFT FOR NEXT CROP WHICH IS CALLED THE RATOON CRÓP.GENERALLY GOOD YIELDS FROM RATOON CROPS ARE OBTAINED ONLY FOR ONE  OR TWO YEARS.