The present study was conducted in of Cauvery, Tunga and Ghata prabha command areas of Karnataka state during 2009 to examine the economic performance of sugarcane growers. The total sample size for the study constituted 180 respondents (60 sugarcane farmers from Cauvery (Mandya district), 60 farmers from Tunga (Shimoga district) and 60 farmers from Ghata prabha (Belgaum district) command areas. The results revealed that a majority of sugarcane farmers were in medium level of economic performance in Cauvery (68.30%), Tunga (73.30%) and Ghataprabha (78.40%) command areas. As many as 12 personal, socio-economic and psychological characteristics of sugarcane growers viz., age, education, annual income, mass media participation, extension participation, cropping intensity, risk orientation, scientific orientation, economic motivation, self orientation and extension agency had significant to highly significantly related to the economic performance level of sugarcane farmers had highly significant relationship with the economic performance. The contribution of independent variables together explained variation to an extent of 74 per cent in the economic performance level of sugarcane growers as indicated by R2 value. The level of economic performance of respondents in all the three areas differed significantly as indicated by X2 test.