Subsidiary of US-based Ceres, Ceres Seeds Brazil works for the third season trade involving their hybrids Blade ® Sweet sorghum culture in the country, which allows plants to produce ethanol in the offseason of cane sugar, was adopted by more than 30 companies in the country in the period 2012/13, including the largest sugar and ethanol groups.
Under his direction, the focus Ceres two core strategies for the next production cycle of its line of hybrid sorghum, which begins this month and ends in April next year. The company will launch the first commercial hybrid sorghum high biomass recorded in Brazil, Blade ® brand of CB 7520 and will provide technical support in the management of its portfolio of hybrids to a group of selected clients.
According to the engineer Marcelo Gullo, manager of marketing and business development at Ceres Brazil, the high biomass sorghum hybrid that is coming to market gathers attributes that make it "highly recommended" as a complement to sugarcane bagasse in cogeneration of electricity and cellulosic ethanol production (second generation ethanol).
This cultivar, shows up to 23% fiber in its composition and productivity records of up to 70 tonnes per hectare. "Biomass sorghum not only ensures availability of raw material in the offseason sugarcane adds a solution to end and highly economically viable units in which there is great demand for cogeneration of electricity, heat or intense use for different purposes. These benefits can also be obtained from biomass or bagasse from sweet sorghum, "says Gullo.
Gullo further explains that the high biomass sorghum Blade ® CB 7520 have average production cost of U.S. $ 57 per ton, while the bagasse of sugar cane goes for about £ 65 / t during the harvest.
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