SUGAR CANE Saccharum officinarum THE BEST GRAPE IN THE WORLD

Sugar cane is a millenary crop, nowadays it has become very popular, since it is a grass that generates a great variety of products, among which we can mention: firstly sugar, secondly molasses, which is a by-product of sugar production, which is used to obtain alcohol, as well as for the production of rum with different aging times: Firstly sugar, secondly molasses which is a by-product of sugar production, which is used to obtain alcohol, as well as for the production of rum with different aging times, and thirdly electric power generation; used as fuel the bagasse from the sugar cane stalks, product of the milling factory using a steam generator boiler, which move generators. This grass grows in tropical and subtropical climates, where the average annual temperature is 24 oC with many sunny days, an average annual rainfall of 1200 mm and in times of drought requires irrigation at least every 30 days, good soil preparation is required, such as fallow, crossbreeding, tracking, and furrowing, using as seed, vegetative material of the same, about 8,000-10,000 kg / ha, weed control is required, chemical or organic fertilization, pest and disease control, when appropriate apply irrigation.

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Eliazar Ocaña Zavaleta, Agronomist Engineer specializing in Animal Husbandry, ITUG, MC. Postgraduates College, Professor "B" subject production and use of forage, Zootechnics of beef cattle, cattle feeding in the specialty (FMVZ-UNAM).