Home > Crops & Livestock > Crops > Sugarcane > Economics > Growing Your Bottom Line [Image: Growing Your Bottom Line] This article gives insight on the current economic aspects of nitrogen fertilization written by Dr. Michael Salassi, LSU AgCenter, and was published in The Sugar Bulletin, April 09, Volume 87, Number 7, Page 15-16. Visit the American Sugar Cane League Web site to order a copy of this volume: www.amscl.org. 2009 Projected Sugarcane Production Farm Costs and Returns Model [Image: 2009 Projected Sugarcane Farm Costs and Returns Model] The 2009 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 which 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. Prorated Allocated Planting Costs for Sugarcane in 2009 [Image: Prorated Sugarcane Planting Costs for 2009] This document estimates the remaining, unrecovered planting cost of plant and stubble sugarcane crops in the 2009 crop year. The estimated costs of planting are prorated by age based on remaining production. For example, it is assumed that the producer will have a 4-year crop cycle. The plant-cane will have 100%, first-year stubble 75%, second-year stubble 50% and third-year stubble 25% of its full production potential remaining, respectively. Allocation of Louisiana Sugarcane Planting Costs in 2009 [Image: Sugarcane Planting] This report presents estimates of sugarcane planting costs for the 2009 crop year. Estimates in the report represent values of unrecovered planting costs for standing sugarcane crops in various seed cane and millable cane production stages as of January 1, 2009.  more articles... Precision fertilizer rates may help sugarcane farmers save money [Image: brenda tubana] (Distributed 07/16/08) ST. GABRIEL – Sugarcane growers can reduce the cost of producing their crops by following new fertilizer recommendations, researchers said today (July 16) at a sugarcane field day at the LSU AgCenter’s Sugar Research Station here. 2008 Projected Louisiana Sugarcane Production Costs [Image: 2008 Sugarcane Budgets] This report presents projected cost estimates for sugarcane production in Louisiana for the 2008 crop year. Cost estimates are included for all phases of sugacane production including seedbed preparation, planting, plant-cane and stubble-crop operations and harvest. Whole-farm projected income and expense statements are also included for harvest of sugarcane through second, third and fourth stubble (ratoon) crops. Economic Feasibility of Ethanol Production from Sugar in the United States [Image: ethanolcover] This is a cooperative report done through an agreement among the Office of Energy Policy and New Uses (OEPNU), Office of the Chief Economist (OCE), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the LSU AgCenter. Principal authors of this report are Dr. Hossein Shapouri, OEPNU/OCE, USDA and Dr. Michael Salassi, J. Nelson Fairbanks Professor of Agricultural Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, LSUAgCenter. Sugarcane Industry Outlook for 2007 With an ever-changing production and marketing environment, sugarcane producers face a number of difficult decisions. This article provides producers with an overview of the potential marketing and production environment for sugarcane following the 2006 crop year. We hope this information will help producers as they complete their farm management and production plans for 2007. Economically Optimal Crop Cycle Length for Major Sugarcane Varieties in Louisiana [Image: Sugarcane Variety LCP 85-384.] As a result of the excellent stubbling ability of LCP 85-384, producers are now considering such production decisions as how long stubble crops should be kept in production before plowing out, or whether they should be kept in production if a net profit could be made from harvest. This report outlines a procedure that can be used to determine the optimal number of sugarcane stubble crops to keep in production with the goal of maximizing producer net returns. Disaster Recovery: Assessment of Agricultural Damage Caused by Hurricane Rita After Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana on August 29, 2005, the AgCenter quickly began to assess the damage caused to the agriculture, forestry, and fisheries industries. Since those initial estimates, the AgCenter has refined its projections and now pegs the total economic impact due losses in revenue and additional production costs at slightly over $1.0 billion. Assessment of Damage to Louisiana Agricultural, Forestry, and Fisheries Sectors By Hurricane Katrina Based on the information known at the time of the storm, and given the historical value of these industries to the state, the AgCenter was able to provide preliminary estimates on losses of revenue due to production losses. Disaster Recovery: Estimates of Economic Impact From Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on Louisiana Agriculture The dollar amounts, which are estimates of reduced revenue and increased costs, are broken down by storm and commodity. Total estimated costs are also provided. LSU AgCenter To Focus On Developing Bio-based Energy Louisiana farmers and forest producers could find a silver lining in the cloud of rising fuel prices – with the development of new fuels from crops they already grow or could grow. Projected Costs and Returns, Sugarcane, Louisiana 2002 [Image: Unloading sugarcane at the mill for processing.] This report presents estimates of costs and returns associated with sugarcane production practices in Louisiana for 2002. It is part of a continuing effort to provide farmers, researchers, extension personnel, lending agencies timely planning information. Click for more information...