2010/2011: Brazil's Sugarcane Harvest That Would Have Been in 2009/2010

PR-Canada.net
Posted by marin2008
Saturday, 03 April 2010

Estimates compiled by the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) project a 10% increase in sugarcane production in the 2010/11 harvest, which officially begins tomorrow (April 1) in the country's South-Central region. UNICA's projected total sugarcane harvest should reach 595.89 million tons, compared with 541.50 million tons estimated for the 2009/10 harvest, which officially ends today.

According to UNICA's Technical Director, Antonio de Padua Rodrigues, the increased harvest forecast has to be carefully evaluated. "The cane available for ethanol and sugar production in the 2010/11 harvest is virtually the same as in the 2009/10 harvest, which was severely hampered by unfavorable weather conditions. In other words, in terms of crushing, the new harvest should be what the industry was simply unable to complete in the previous harvest."

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