Brazil’s Corn Ethanol Boom Is Rewriting the Food-Fuel Debate

2026-02-02 - 10:25

Key Points Corn ethanol is scaling fast in the Center-West, using mainly second-crop “safrinha” corn grown after soybeans. The same plants that make fuel also make DDG animal feed, reshaping livestock costs and export flows. The main risk is not food scarcity, but whether sustainability claims survive tougher scrutiny. A few years ago, corn ethanol