CTC inaugurates new synthetic sugarcane seed factory.

This Thursday (16), the Sugarcane Technology Center (CTC) opened a new factory to produce synthetic seeds of sugar caneAccording to president of CTC Board of Directors, Luis Roberto Pogetti, the goal of the project is Double crop productivity by 2040The first Seed Production Unit (UPS) of synthetic caneinstalled in Piracicaba (SP), he was developed over 15 months and has capacity to service up to 500 hectares per yearApproximately R$100 million was invested in the construction of the plant.

Luiz Antônio Dias Paes, commercial director of CTCIt was reported that planting areas in outdoor locations were already tested in the 2025/26 crop season, with approximately 20 hectares planted using a mechanized system.

The research center believes that in the future it should achieve a productivity of up to 100 hectares per day per machine.Currently, conventional planting covers between 8 and 10 hectares per day.

César Barros, CEO of CTCHe also comments on how the innovation will bring more agility to planting. Today, cultivating one hectare requires about 16 tons of sugarcane, but… With the new technology, only 400 kg of seeds will be needed to plant one hectare.According to the CTC, the average national production is around 75 t/ha per hectareThe goal is to reach approximately 150 t/ha in the coming yearsIn addition to the new production unit, the project as a whole has accumulated approximately [amount] since 2013. R$ 1 billion in investments in research and development..

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.