5% Gain In Sugarcane Harvest

WASHINGTON - Aug 12/20 - SNS -- Production of sugarcane for sugar and seed is forecast at 33.5 million tons, up 5% from last year, according to the latest USDA crop production forecast.

Producers intend to harvest 924,400 acres for sugar and seed during the 2020 crop year, up slightly from previous forecast and up 1% from last year. Expected yield for sugar and seed is forecast at 36.2 tons per acre, up 1.2 tons from 2019.

Sugarcane for Sugar and Seed Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2019 and Forecasted August 1, 2020
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              :    Area harvested     :   Yield per acre 1/   :     Production 1/
     State    :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
              :   2019    :   2020    :   2019    :   2020    :   2019    :   2020
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              :   -- 1,000 acres --       ----- tons -----       --- 1,000 tons ---
              :
Florida ......:   410.7       408.0       43.0        44.1       17,644      17,993
Louisiana ....:   469.0       480.0       28.1        30.6       13,161      14,688
Texas ........:    33.5        36.4       33.8        21.9        1,132         797
              :
United States :   913.2       924.4       35.0        36.2       31,937      33,478
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1/ Net tons.

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5% Gain In Sugarcane Harvest

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