sugarcane farms

Tropical crop fields

Sugarcane farms are agricultural operations that cultivate sugarcane, a tall tropical grass processed into sugar, molasses, and ethanol.

The term appears in discussions of agriculture, labor history, and economics: Sugarcane farms in Brazil supply much of the world's ethanol.

Historically associated with plantation slavery in the Caribbean and American South.

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rainfall · irrigation · rum production · ethanol · subsidies · animal feed · cash crop · crop rotation · temperature · drought resistance · land clearing · milling machines · bioplastics · commodity prices · labor costs · tropical agriculture · pest control · harvesters

Opposites
agricultural production stage

sugarcane farmssugar refineries

Plants purifying raw sweetener

sugar mills · processing plants · distribution centers · distilleries · manufacturing facilities

crop type

sugarcane farmswheat farms

Agricultural land for cereals

cattle ranches · vegetable farms · dairy farms · fish farms · salt flats

land use

sugarcane farmsindustrial zones

Areas designated for manufacturing

nature preserves · wilderness · wilderness areas · virgin forest · urban centers

Family

sugar, cane, farm, sugarcane, sugars, sugared, sugary, sugarless, canes

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G