Sugarcane harvester

A sugarcane harvester

A sugarcane harvester is a large piece of agricultural machinery used to harvest and partially process sugarcane.[1]

The machine, originally developed in the 1920s, remains similar in function and design to the combine harvester. Essentially a storage vessel on a truck with a mechanical extension, the machine cuts the stalks at the base, strips the leaves off, and then cuts the cane into segments. These are then deposited into either the on-board container, or a separate vehicle traveling alongside. Waste material is then ejected back onto the field, where it acts as fertilizer.[2][3][4][5][6]

## See also

* Zafra (agriculture) - the sugarcane harvesting season

## References

1. ↑ "Sugar-Cane Harvester Cuts Forty-Tons an Hour" Popular Mechanics Monthly, July 1930
2. ↑ http://www.zelmeroz.com/album_rail/ctn/ctn_07.pdf
3. ↑ http://www.bae.ksu.edu/precisionag/Papers/Fiber Optic Yield Monitor for a Sugarcane Harvester.pdf
4. ↑ http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-1109102-124123/unrestricted/Benjamin_thesis.pdf
5. ↑ "Sugar cane harvester machine loading wagons (4)". Ufdc.ufl.edu. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/SW10000603/00001. Retrieved 2012-02-26.
6. ↑ "Sugarcane Harvester - Most viewed - Photo (JPG) - IAN Image and Video Library - Free High Resolution and Vector Environmental Science Images". Ian.umces.edu. http://ian.umces.edu/imagelibrary/displayimage-topn-22-1081.html. Retrieved 2012-02-26.

## External links

* Short video of a sugarcane harvester (7.66 wmv file)

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