Crushing in Brazil's Center-South region reached 543.89 million tons in the first half of March

Sugarcane crushing in the first half of March in the Center-South region totaled 608.29 thousand tons. In the same period, in the previous year, only 142.35 thousand tons of sugarcane were processed, representing an increase of 327.32%. In the accumulated of the 2022/23 harvest, crushing reached 543.89 million tons, compared to 522.92 million tons registered in the same period in the 2021/22 cycle – an increase of 4.01%. In the first half of March, 10 units started the 2023/24 harvest. At the end of the fortnight, 24 units remain in operation in the Center-South, 13 of which process sugarcane and 11 companies that manufacture ethanol from corn. In the same period, in the 2021/22 harvest, there were 10 industrial parks in operation. READ MORE > Ingenios Aguaí and El Ángel have successful cases presented at a seminar in Bolivia In a preliminary survey carried out by the Union of the Sugarcane and Bioenergy Industry (UNICA), and released this Friday (24), it is expected that 36 ...