CORN ETHANOL PLANTS ANNOUNCED R$ 41 BILLION IN INVESTMENTS FOR 2025.

In 2025, over R$60 billion in investments were announced for Brazil’s agribusiness and infrastructure, driven mainly by corn ethanol. Corn ethanol alone accounted for R$41 billion across 44 projects, potentially adding 12 billion liters per year to production capacity—surpassing sugarcane ethanol investments made between 2009 and 2012. Growth is fueled by high profit margins, abundant corn, competitive costs, favorable BNDES Climate Fund financing, and the Fuel of the Future law, which allows higher ethanol blending in gasoline. Biodiesel also attracted R$5.9 billion, mainly in soybean crushing to meet food and biofuel demand, indirectly lowering livestock feed costs. Additional investments came from meatpackers and other agribusiness segments. Despite high interest rates, analysts see agribusiness as strategically strong long term.
Source: Nova Cana