The amount of sugarcane processed by the plants and distilleries of the Center-South totaled 46.54 million tons in the first 15 days of July 2020. This result is 13.52% higher than that observed in the same fortnight of the 2019/2020, when 41.00 million tons were ground. In the accumulated since the beginning of the harvest until July 16, 2020, the crushing reached 275.95 million tons, an increase of 6.52% in comparison with the value verified in the same period in the last year (259.05 million tons). Data from the Sugarcane Technology Center (CTC) indicated an average yield of 85.9 tons of sugarcane per hectare for the crop harvested in the accumulated period since the beginning of the 2020/2021 harvest until 16 July. This index is 1.6% higher than that observed in the same period of the last agricultural cycle. Reflecting the greater crushing, the better quality of sugar cane and the more sugar-based mix, sugar production increased 55.60% in the first 15 days of July, with 3.02 million tons produced this year. In the first half of the month, 47.94% of sugarcane was destined for sugar production, compared to 35.99% registered on the same date in 2019.
Source: Canal Rural