Ethanol growth fuels Brazil corn consumption
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6/30/2025
A boom in Brazilian ethanol production is reshaping the country’s corn market as domestic consumption rises, shifting Brazil’s role on the global stage.
Brazil is increasingly embracing corn as a key feedstock to complement sugarcane in its expanding biofuels industry.
“Brazil, the global second-largest ethanol producer, has seen a big expansion of corn-based ethanol plants across its center-west region,” said Joana Colussi, a researcher and extension specialist in the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics at...
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