Farmer Kitty
True BYH Addict
The farm broadcaster we listen to in the mornings, took a group on a trip/tour to Hawaii. He had an interview this morning that I thought interesting.
One acre of sugar cane produces:
12-15 tons of raw sugar
3-4 tons of molasses
and enough fiber to use for heating to equal 70 barrels of oil.
The work the field much the same as conventional corn or other crop.
Plant pieces of sugar cane (like one plants pieces of potatoes)
Water it for the first 18 months and then quit watering so it produces the sugar.
Harvest at 24 months.
Then they put it in a mud bath-mixed to a certain density so the rocks and debri fall out.
Rinse twice in muddy water.
Rinse once in clean water.
Process it into raw sugar to send to the mainland to be refined.
Even though Hawaii produces the sugar cane and raw sugar they have to buy the refined sugar from companies on the main land as they have no refining plants there.
Hawaii is also in the middle of a drought. A drought won't kill the sugar cane but, it will drastically stunt it's growth and therefore the production per acre.
I didn't catch enough of what they are paid to be able to post about it. Some of the interviews he does are posted on thier web-site and I will watch for this one and if it's posted I will post the link to it.
One acre of sugar cane produces:
12-15 tons of raw sugar
3-4 tons of molasses
and enough fiber to use for heating to equal 70 barrels of oil.
The work the field much the same as conventional corn or other crop.
Plant pieces of sugar cane (like one plants pieces of potatoes)
Water it for the first 18 months and then quit watering so it produces the sugar.
Harvest at 24 months.
Then they put it in a mud bath-mixed to a certain density so the rocks and debri fall out.
Rinse twice in muddy water.
Rinse once in clean water.
Process it into raw sugar to send to the mainland to be refined.
Even though Hawaii produces the sugar cane and raw sugar they have to buy the refined sugar from companies on the main land as they have no refining plants there.
Hawaii is also in the middle of a drought. A drought won't kill the sugar cane but, it will drastically stunt it's growth and therefore the production per acre.
I didn't catch enough of what they are paid to be able to post about it. Some of the interviews he does are posted on thier web-site and I will watch for this one and if it's posted I will post the link to it.
