This report presents projected cost estimates for sugarcane production in Louisiana for the 2012 crop year. Cost estimates are included for all phases of sugarcane production, including seedbed preparation, planting, plant-cane and stubble-crop field operations and harvest. Whole-farm projected income and expense statements are also included for harvest of sugarcane through second-, third-, and fourth-stubble crops.

This report presents cost estimates for precision grading sugarcane fields in Louisiana, including leveling costs on a per-hour, per-acre and per-cubic-yard basis.

The 2011 Sugarcane Crop Cycle Length Evaluation Model, an Excel spreadsheet-based producer decision tool, was developed to assist sugarcane producers in evaluating the optimal crop cycle length for various tracts of sugarcane produced on farms in Louisiana. Costs and returns are compared for sugarcane crop cycles through harvest of second and third stubble sugarcane crops.

This report presents estimates of prorated (unrecovered) planting costs for sugarcane in production for the 2011 crop year, including plant cane planted in 2010, first stubble planted in 2009, second stubble planted in 2008, and third stubble planted in 2007.

This report presents projected cost estimates for sugarcane production in Louisiana for the 2011 crop year. Cost estimates are included for all phases of sugarcane production, including seedbed preparation, planting, plant-cane and stubble-crop field operations and harvest. Whole-farm projected income and expense statements also are included for harvest of sugacane through second-, third- and fourth-stubble crops.

The 2011 Projected Sugarcane Farm Costs and Returns Model was developed as a farm planning decision tool for Louisiana sugarcane producers. The model is an Excel spreadsheet that allows sugarcane producers to project sugarcane net returns for the coming year and to evaluate the impact of changes in yields, sugar prices, input prices and other factors on farm returns and breakeven values.

This report presents estimates of the planting costs of sugarcane planted in 2011, as well as the allocation of those costs to plant cane and stubble cane crops, for sugarcane planted in 2010.

This report presents estimates of prorated (unrecovered) planting costs for sugarcane in production for the 2010 crop year, including plant cane planted in 2009, first stubble planted in 2008, second stubble planted in 2007, and third stubble planted in 2006.

The 2010 Projected Sugarcane Farm Costs and Returns Model was developed as a farm planning decision tool for Louisiana sugarcane producers. The model is an Excel spreadsheet that allows sugarcane producers to project sugarcane net returns for the coming year and to evaluate the impact of changes in yields, sugar prices, input prices and other factors on farm returns and breakeven values.

This report presents projected cost estimates for sugarcane production in Louisiana for the 2010 crop year. Cost estimates are included for all phases of sugarcane production, including seedbed preparation, planting, plant-cane and stubble-crop field operations and harvest. Whole-farm projected income and expense statements also are included for harvest of sugacane through second-, third- and fourth-stubble crops.