The 2024/2025 crop ended with 4,8 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 2024/25 crop 1.460 thousand tons of corn (includding the new Neomille’s plant, launched in January of 2024 and located in Maracaju-MS).
The sugarcane and corn processing evolution in the last years is shown in the following chart.
In the 2024/25 crop, 995 million liters of hydrous ethanol equivalent were produced, with 658 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 2024/25, a total of 203 GWh were exported to the SIN, in addition to 177 GWh cogenerated that were destined for Neomille (eletricity and steam equivalent).
In addition to corn ethanol, in the 2024/25 crop were produced 351 thousand tons of its co-product, DDGs (corn meal). With regard to corn oil, 26.3 thousand tons were produced. Both products are used in the animal nutrition market.