How many ratoon crops are commonly harvested before a sugarcane field is replanted?

In the cultivation of sugarcane, the ratooning process—where a portion of the stalk is left underground after harvest to produce a new crop—is typically repeated three times. This allows for three economical ratoon crops to be harvested from a single original planting. Because the yield of these crops tends to decrease after each cycle, the stumps are plowed out and the field is replanted once this final economical cycle is complete.1