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Brazil is the world’s second-largest ethanol and third-largest biodiesel producer but has yet to introduce renewable diesel or sustainable aviation fuel. Post forecasts total ethanol production at 32.5 billion liters in CY 2024, with cane ethanol forecast at 25.5 billion liters and corn ethanol production at seven billion liters.

Brazil is the third-largest cattle producer and second-largest beef exporter in the world. Post forecasts decreased slaughter in 2025, due to the forecasted start of the reversion of the cattle cycle. Producers are likely to start retaining cattle in 2025, driving calf prices upwards.

With the expected end of the El Niño weather phenomenon, which severely impacted corn productivity this 2023/24 harvest, Post forecasts a year-on-year increase in corn production for MY 2024/25 (March 2025 – February 2026) at 127 MMT.

The Government of Brazil (GoB) announced a nominal record in funds for 2024/25 Crop Plan, the main agricultural credit and financing public policy, at R$ 475.5 billion (US$ 88.2 billion).

On March 23, 2016, legislation was signed into law to increase Brazil’s biodiesel-use mandate from the current 7 percent, to 10 percent by 2019.

Post forecasts both beef and pork production to continue to increase in 2016 to 9.6 million metric tons and 3.6 million metric tons, respectively.

Post increased its forecast for Brazil’s 2015/16 soybean production to a record 100 million metric tons (mmt).

Post revised broiler production to increase by 3 percent in 2016 to 13.5 million metric tons (MT) from the record production level of 13.1 million MT last year.

This fact sheet is intended to provide a brief overview of Brazil’s agricultural economic situation, including: general economic indicators, social class distribution, land use...