Production of sugarcane should grow by 1.9% in Goiás, Brazil

The production of sugarcane ethanol in Goiás should reach 4.9 billion liters in the 2022/2023 Harvest, a volume that represents a 6.4% growth in relation to the 2021/2022 Harvest. The estimate is from the National Supply Company (Conab) and was disclosed this Tuesday (12/27) in the 3rd Survey of the Brazilian Sugarcane Harvest. The follow-up report on the sugar and alcohol sector also brought the prospect of an increase in state sugar production by 2.6%, reaching 2.2 million tons. According to Conab, the State should register a small decrease in the sugarcane planted area (-1.1%), offset, however, by the increase in crop productivity (+1.9%). In the previous cycle, the Goiás producer harvested 70.5 million tons. In the current cycle, production should reach 71.1 million tons (+0.8%). Also according to Conab, the result, once confirmed, places Goiás in the second position in the national ranking of the largest state producers of sugarcane. “The average productivity of sugarcane ...