sugarcane: Media
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See sugar cane harvested with machetes and learn about the crop's role in the Brazilian economy
Sugarcane harvesting and processing in Brazil
Observe how sugarcane is farmed and harvested in the fields of Brazil
Sugarcane being harvested from fields in Brazil.
Brazil's shift from meat exports to ethanol production
Learn about the production of ethanol as a biofuel in Brazil.
Images
sugarcane field
Field of sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) in St. George Parish, Barbados.
© patpitchaya/Fotolia
sugarcane harvesting
A cutting machine on a plantation in São José do Rio Prêto, Brazil, harvesting sugarcane,...
© Paulo Fridman—Corbis/Getty Images
sugarcane agriculture, Fiji
Farmers transporting a load of sugarcane near Natandola, on the island of Viti Levu,...
© S. Chester/Comstock
Colombia: sugarcane harvesting
Harvesting sugarcane, Valle del Cauca department, Colombia.
Carl Frank/Photo Researchers
Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh: sugarcane production
Milling sugarcane in a small village near Saharanpur, northwestern Uttar Pradesh.
© Robert Frerck/Odyssey Productions
A stand of sugarcane on the west bank of the Nile River, near Dandarah, Egypt.
Bob Burch/Bruce Coleman Inc.
sugarcane; sugar beet
Structures of the sugarcane (left) and sugar beet (right).
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
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