From the archive record
Sugarcane grown on a field near a sugar mill in Punjab, India Harvesting of sugarcane at a proper time i.e., peak maturity, by adopting right technique is necessary to realize maximum weight of the millable canes (thus sugar) produced with least possible field losses under the given growing environment. On the other hand harvesting either under-aged or over-aged cane with improper method of harvesting leads to loss in cane yield, sugar recovery, poor juice quality and problems in milling due to extraneous matter. Therefore, proper harvesting should ensure: To harvest the cane at peak maturity (i.e., avoiding cutting of either over-matured or under-matured cane) Cutting cane to ground level so that the bottom sugar rich internodes are harvested which add to yield and sugar De-topping at app