According to consultancy StoneX, sugarcane crushing in Brazil’s center-south is projected to reach 593.2 million metric tons in the 2025-26 season, marking a 3.2 per cent decrease from the previous season due to adverse weather conditions and fires impacting this key producing area.
This would indicate the second consecutive season of decline in cane crushing within Brazil’s primary sugar-producing region, following an estimated 6.3 per cent drop in 2024/25 after a record output in the previous cycle.
StoneX noted in its report that initial prospects for 2025-26 are still in an uncertain territory, emphasizing the urgent need for rain starting in October, as the region has experienced a “severe water deficit” since November 2023.
