Whole crop (WC) harvesting involves the collection and transportation of the entire sugar cane crop including trash/extraneous matter to the sugar mill. The sugar cane and trash are then separated and the trash used for other revenue streams such as an additional fuel...
One of the advantages gained by whole crop harvesting is a reduction in cane loss since there is no trash separation system in operation on the harvester that could discard billets of cane with the separated trash. The amount of cane lost through the harvester trash...
