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Table 5.8 Costofharvesting
operations for energy cane
and elephant grass a

Operation Grass $ha −1 $Mg −1 (dry basis)
Cutting Energy cane 117 5.8
Elephant grass 114 4.7

Fluffing Energy cane 30 1.5

Elephant grass 21 0.9

Baling Energy cane 89 4.4

Elephant grass 101 4.1

Totals Energy cane 236 11.8

Elephant grass 236 9.6

a Adapted from [ 30 ]

Fig. 5.35 ( a ) Sugar cane chopper-harvester in operation and ( b ) a truck trailer ready for long-
distance travel. Adapted from [ 27 ]