Investigating Visible Cane Loss and Stump Damage Due to Sugarcane Chopper Harvester Usage in Thailand

Table 1

Total cane loss, including losses at the remaining stumps, elevator, and extractor, following the use of large sugarcane harvesters.

Location	Province	Horsepower (HP)	Plot number	Yield (t/ha)	Cane loss (t/ha)
					Remaining stumps (t/ha)	Elevator (t/ha)	Extractor (t/ha)	Total cane loss (t/ha)	Total cane loss (%)
Tha Muang	Kanchanaburi	325	1	68.62	3.28	0.66	0.03	3.97	5.8
Tha Muang	Kanchanaburi	325	2	62.16	3.77	0.65	0.56	4.98	8.0
Bo Phloi	Kanchanaburi	325	3	77.49	3.83	0.62	0.50	4.94	6.4
Bo Phloi	Kanchanaburi	325	4	79.75	3.76	0.34	0.52	4.62	5.8
Tha Maka	Kanchanaburi	325	5	75.24	0.95	0.12	0.11	1.18	1.6
Tha Maka	Kanchanaburi	325	6	59.72	0.58	1.18	0.79	2.54	4.3
Mueang	Kanchanaburi	325	7	102.69	1.09	0.48	0.30	1.87	1.8
Mueang	Kanchanaburi	325	8	59.99	1.44	0.61	0.06	2.11	3.5
Song Phi Nong	Suphan Buri	325	9	105.10	2.32	0.50	0.00	2.82	2.7
Bo Phloi	Kanchanaburi	325	10	46.68	2.52	0.27	0.10	2.89	6.2
Bo Phloi	Kanchanaburi	325	11	54.56	1.82	0.47	0.16	2.45	4.5
Kamphaeng Saen	Nakhon Pathom	325	12	80.93	1.52	0.81	0.39	2.72	3.4
Bo Phloi	Kanchanaburi	325	13	71.00	1.54	0.17	0.00	1.71	2.4
	Mean ± SE			72.61 ± 8.64	2.19 ± 0.99	0.53 ± 0.30	0.27 ± 0.26	2.99 ± 1.06	4.0 ± 2.0