The president of the National Maize Ethanol Union (UNEM), Guilherme Nolasco, said, on Thursday 6th, that Brazilian production of maize ethanol, mainly in the Midwest, has the potential to reach 2.5 billion liters in the 2020/21 harvest, against 1.6 billion liters in the 2019/20 season. The leader was one of the participants in the webinar “DATAGRO Opening of Harvest, Soy, Corn and Cotton 2020/21”, moderated by the president of DATAGRO, Plinio Nastari, and which runs until Friday 7th. In his presentation, Nolasco also highlighted the advancement of DDG, the maize residue used to make ethanol, as an ingredient for animal feed, due to its high protein value. Also a speaker, Erasmo Battistela, president of Aprobio, highlighted the measure that advances or percentage mixture of biodiesel mixture in diesel, or the volume of soy destined for the manufacture of biofuel in the form of jumping from the current 22 million tons to about 100 million in 2030, quadrupling the demand for oilseeds. Sérgio Bortolozzo, president of the Maize and Sorghum Sectorial Chamber of the Ministry of Agriculture and former president of Abramilho, pointed out that the advent of maize ethanol is only expanded as opportunities for the production of grain, which can benefit so much from the production of food, animal feed and energy generation.
Source: Universo Agro / DATAGRO