Sugarcane can be grown on all types of soil ranging from medium sandy to clay loam or heavy black soils. It can also be raised successfully on lighter soils and heavy clays.
The soils should be well aerated and well drained. The water should not be remained standing for a longer period. Sugarcane crop absorbs nitrogen in nitrate form. For the process of nitrification, 02 (Oxygen) are must. Soils rich in P and Ca are good for better juice quality. Lodging resistance, soils rich in iron are good for sugar recovery and soils rich in N, P, K and Ca are good for all respects.

Sugarcane crop tolerate moderate acidity and alkalinity but prefers slight acidic soils, i.e. pH 6 to pH 7 is optimum. If the concentration of sodium salt and Mn is high, it has adverse effect on growth, yield and quality of sugarcane.