The decision about the use of the agricultural residues during the harvest or the soil decompression in sugar cane sprouts has been empirically achieved without the use of a tool based in technical criteria that allows electing the most correct technology in a given condition. The current work had as objective to determine the effect of several technologies of soil’s compaction management, which were recommended using the penetrometer on sugar cane’s agricultural yield. The experiments were carried out on sprout plantations, in dryness conditions, with the following treatments: Unaltered coverage of agricultural harvest residue, decompression to 20 cm of depth and decompression to 30 cm of depth. The agricultural yield was evaluated at the harvest, which had place in green by harvesters 12 months after the previous cut. The experimental data were processed by means of variance analysis to the 0,05 error probability, with the use of the Statgraphics statistical system. The results showed that the unaltered agricultural harvest residue’s coverage and the soil decompression produced positive effects on the sugar cane agricultural yield with average increments near to seven tons per hectare.