At the 9th edition of the Sugarcane, Sugar and Ethanol Harvest Opening, DATAGRO releases new projection for sugarcane milling in the Center-South of Brazil

The Center-South of Brazil is predicted to process 612 million tons of sugarcane in the 2025/26 harvest, resulting in 42.35 million tons of sugar, 12.76 billion liters of anhydrous ethanol, and 21.95 billion liters of hydrated biofuel. This represents a 1.4% decrease in sugarcane processing and a 5.6% decrease in sugar production compared to the previous season due to fires and drought. However, ethanol production has increased by 3.7%. The upcoming harvest is expected to have a larger area for cutting, despite a reduction in planting intentions, and an increase in expansion in areas of Citrus, Pastures, and Rubber Trees. The quality of sugarcane is anticipated to have more weeds but fewer pests and less disease inoculum due to the increase in fires in 2024.

In the 2025/26 harvest, the Center-South of Brazil is expected to process 612 million tons of sugarcane and produce 42.35 million tons of the sweetener, in addition to 12.76 billion liters of anhydrous ethanol and 21.95 billion liters of hydrated biofuel. The sugar mix is expected to be 51%. The projection was presented by the president of DATAGRO, Plinio Nastari, during the first panel of the 9th edition of DATAGRO Sugarcane and Ethanol Harvest Opening, which will take place this Wednesday (12) and Thursday (13) in Ribeirão Preto, in the interior of São Paulo. The panel also included the participation of Bruno Wanderley Freitas, content leader at DATAGRO, and Hugo Cagno, president of the National Bioenergy Union UDOP. If the projections are confirmed, there will be a 1.4% drop in sugarcane processing compared to the 2024/25 season, when 621 million tons were crushed. “It was a harvest that was heavily impacted by fires and drought, which consumed 450 thousand hectares,” said ...