The Center-South of Brazil plans to resume their milling operations

Published 2023년 3월 20일

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A survey by DATAGRO reveals that mills in Brazil's Center-South region plan to start grinding operations soon due to the large volume of sugarcane expected for the 2023/24 harvest. This decision is also influenced by improvements in weather conditions, investments in treatments, and concerns about potential El Niño effects. However, the average rainfall since the start of the year is below the expected average in most areas, which could lead to a high risk of flowering and ATR losses in the upcoming harvest.

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A survey by DATAGRO, released this Monday (20), shows that, as expected, most of the mills in the Center-South of Brazil plan to resume grinding operations as soon as possible. This anticipation of crushing operations in the Center-South is due to the large volume of sugarcane expected for the 2023/24 harvest. “In addition to the improvement in weather conditions, investments in treatments and renewal of the cane field, another factor that may also explain the strategy of bringing forward the start of operations is the risk of El Niño, which can cause heavy rains during the harvest period in the second half of the year, also harming the sugarcane ATR indices", explains the consultancy. READ MORE > Conab starts field research on sugarcane Also according to DATAGRO, the risk of flowering in the 2023/24 harvest is high in much of the Center-South. “The average volume of precipitation observed until March 16 corresponds to 8.4% of the expected for the entire month. Only the sugarcane ...

Source: Jornalcana