The 2023/2024 crop ended with 5,1 million sugarcane crushed in the period.
Besides sugarcane ethanol, Cerradinho also produces ethanol through corn crushing. In November 2019, Neomille was inaugurated, the corn ethanol plant, which crushed during the 2023/24 crop 908 thousand tons of corn. Still in 2023/24 crop, it was launched the new Neomille’s plant, located in Maracaju-MS.
The sugarcane and corn processing evolution in the last five years is shown in the following table.
In the 2023/24 crop, 834 million liters of hydrous ethanol were produced, with 399 million liters coming from corn.
Electricity is a relevant product to CerradinhoBio. The company has been a member of the National Interconnected System (SIN) of electricity since 2011, cogenerating clean and renewable energy. In 2023/24, a total of 259 GWh were exported to the SIN, in addition to 171 GWh cogenerated that were destined for Neomille (eletricity and steam equivalent).
In addition to corn ethanol, in the 2023/24 crop were produced 214 thousand tons of its co-product, DDGs (corn meal). With regard to corn oil, 14.6 thousand tons were produced during the 2023/24 crop. Both products are used in the animal nutrition market.