Brazil sugar cane production increasing
Spurred by the growing demand for ethanol, farmers in Brazil increased the amount of land devoted to sugar cane production by 7 percent in 2006, according to an Associated Press report.
The Brazilian Census Bureau reported that the land area planted with sugar cane increased to 16.26 million acres in 2006, up from 15.2 million acres in 2005.
Brazil produced 4.5 billion gallons of ethanol in 2006, and exported 900 million gallons of that total.
Brazil sugar cane production increasing
