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High quality cane supply. Cane that is as free of mud, deteriorated tops and stalks, and other trash will greatly help processing at the mill. Deteriorated cane will negatively affect crystallization at the mill. When mills can no longer crystallize sugar, the factory closes. A high-quality cane supply is a must.
It can take up to a week to determine the full extent of a freeze. Weather after a freeze in important. Cool/cold weather will slow cane deterioration; warm weather will accelerate deterioration.
Sugarcane Variety Post-Freeze Deterioration
Good | Moderate | Poor |
HoCP 96-540 | HoCP 00-950 | L 99-226 |
L 01-283 | L 01-299 | L 03-371 |
HoCP 04-838 | Ho 05-961 | Ho 07-613 |
HoCP 09-804 | L 12-201 | |
L 11-183 | Ho 12-615 | |
Ho 13-739 |