Commodity- Commodity Markets In 2020- Sugar industry needs to outsource field production, upgrade technology.

Sugarcane is one of the highest yielding crops for producing biofuel in the world. In Brazil sugarcane's total energy content is 437.7 GJ/ha with only Oil Palm in Indonesia coming close at 329.2 GJ/ha. Corn falls intermediate between these two.

Sugarcane is one of the most efficient plants on earth and has a photosynthetic efficiency of 1 to 2 percent. With good soil, tested varieties and excellent management production techniques assisted with advanced crop monitoring apps, sugarcane production should be in the vicinity of 80-110t/ha. Some sources have the potential...

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