In Brazil, Reuters reports the energy council won’t raise biodiesel blending to 15% in March as expected but will keep it at the current 14%, which will cut expected blending in 2025 by 600,000 metric tons. Higher food prices were the reason for freezing the blending level, which can be reviewed and increased at any […]
In Brazil, Bloomberg reports that in response to the Brazilian central bank raising interest rates by nearly 3 percentage points over the past five months, Raizen is reconsidering its portfolio, looking to offload assets and put on hold construction plans for new ethanol plants as it seeks to reduce its debt. It will continue to […]
In Brazil, InfoMoney reported that local consultancy AgRural stated that Brazil’s 2024/25 soybean harvest reached 15% of the cultivated area as of February 6, against 9% registered in the previous week and 23% in the same period last year. According to a survey by the consultancy, Paraná state remains in the lead, with one third […]
In Brazil, Portal do Agronegocio reported that consulting firm AgResource estimated that Brazil’s soybean harvest for the 2024/25 cycle will reach a record 172.28 million tons. In January, the consultancy’s forecast pointed to a production of 172.07 million tons for the country. According to AgResource, the scenario for the 2024/25 soybean harvest is promising, with […]
In Brazil, Canal Rural reported that the National Supply Company (Conab) reported that Brazil should harvest 325.7 million tons of grains in the 2024/25 harvest, an increase of 9.4% compared to the previous season. According to the agency, the result reflects a 2.1% increase in the cultivated area, estimated at 81.6 million hectares, and a […]
In Brazil, the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) estimates that the adoption of E30, a mixture of 30% of anhydrous ethanol in gasoline C, can eliminate much of Brazil’s dependence on the import of gasoline A. In 2024, gasoline imports amounted to 2.87 billion liters, a decline of about 30% compared to the previous […]
In Brazil, Acelen has partnered with MulticanaPlus, a company specialized in research and development of plant micropropagation protocols and cloning of elite macaúba plants. The goal is to create genetically identical copies of higher plants. This process will allow the faithful reproduction of the desired characteristics, such as resistance to stress, high productive potential and […]
In Brazil, Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Ferrari Agroindústria S.A., Toho Gas Co., Ltd and Sebigas Cótica Bioenergia LTDA have entered into a joint development agreement to conduct a joint study to develop a pilot project for bio-methane production in Brazil. Under this agreement, the four companies aim at producing bio-methane from sugarcane waste and will initiate […]
In Brazil, COFCO International, Modern Farming and China Shengmu Organic Milk, both subsidiaries of Mengniu Group, have signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement to supply 1.5 million tons of certified sustainable soybeans from Brazil to China. The soybeans will be third-party verified as deforestation- and conversion-free (DCF) since 31 December 2020, with on-farm audits ensuring […]
In Brazil, Dinheiro Rural reported that Brazil’s 2024/25 soybean harvest is expected to grow by 15 million tons compared to the previous year’s harvest, to a record 170 million tons, due to favorable weather conditions mainly in the country’s north-central states, according to Marcela Marini, analyst with Rabobank Marini said that the harvest in Mato […]
