Louisiana SCR69: AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES: To urge and request the American Sugarcane League, LSU AgCenter, and Southern University Agricultural Center, in collaboration with agricultural manufacturers, to continue work on furthering technology and research into equipment to reduce the dependency of burning sugarcane.

What the bill says

A concurrent resolution To urge and request the American Sugarcane League, LSU AgCenter, and Southern University Agricultural Center, in collaboration with agricultural manufacturers, to continue work on furthering technology and research into equipment that reduces the dependency of burning sugarcane.

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A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To urge and request the American Sugarcane League, LSU AgCenter, and Southern University Agricultural Center, in collaboration with agricultural manufacturers, to continue work on furthering technology and research into equipment that reduces the dependency of burning sugarcane. WHEREAS, the practice of burning during sugarcane production is a long-standing residue management tool used before or after harvest in the industry; and WHEREAS, burning is used to eliminate leafy trash residue and debris from the plant in order to allow for more efficient sugarcane harvesting and improves sugar quality and recovery in the factory; and WHEREAS, although widely used, burning as a residue management tool can pose challenges, such as a loss of soil health and effects on air quality and visibility; and WHEREAS, companies and individuals in the sugarcane industry recognize that a cost-effective mechanism for reducing or eliminating burning as a management tool is a high priority research topic; and WHEREAS, facilities, like the LSU AgCenter, are actively testing alternative methods to burning, such as using a sweeper to remove residue from the top of the crop bed to allow the cut cane to grow without any disturbance that comes from excessive residue Page 1 of SLS 26RS-684 ORIGINAL SCR NO. from previous harvest; and WHEREAS, exploration into other avenues for pre and post harvest management could …

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