– The Louisiana Sugar Cane Cooperative factory just north of St. Martinville, is processing the cane harvest at about the same rate as it was at this time last year, La-SuCa Ag Division Manager John Hebert said on Monday, and has boosted its sugar yield per ton to a rate about where the mill would like it to be.
LaSuCa began taking in sugar cane for grinding on Sept. 16 with the Theoretical Recoverable Sugar value from the core sampler coming in slightly lower than expected at 200 pounds per ton on a daily basis.
“We started off pretty low but sugar levels have really come up the last couple of weeks, to the point that year-todate comparison to last year we’re a little higher per ton than we were last year at this time,” Hebert said. “So we’re pretty happy with where things are right now. Sugar per ton has really come a long way since the start of grinding.”
