Brazil: Sugarcane harvest in Minas should grow by 6.7% with more favorable weather

The more favorable climate throughout the sugarcane production cycle favored the crop in Minas Gerais. According to the third estimate of the 2022/23 Sugarcane Harvest, released yesterday by the National Supply Company (Conab), production in the current cycle will be 68.4 million tons, 6.7% higher than volume of sugarcane registered in the previous harvest. This year, sugar production will be 11.5% higher, and that of total ethanol, 3.5% higher. According to Conab technicians, the average productivity in this 2022/23 harvest should be around 77.9 tons per hectare, that is, a yield 3% higher than the average obtained in the previous harvest. The technicians explain that the good rainfall in the summer, which occurred in the producing regions of the State, provided good moisture in the soil and was fundamental for the full development and improvement in the productive quality of the sugarcane fields. With the onset of winter, there was a decrease in rainfall, a situation considered ...