Empresa quer chegar a 200 mil hectares em cinco anos e até 1 milhão em dez, usando a safrinha e investindo em sementes, máquinas e suporte a grandes produtores

Israeli and Italian firms join forces to integrate high-yield castor genetics with precision harvesting technology.

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Casterra Ag Ltd. announces successful field trials in Brazil, highlighting castor oil's potential as a sustainable biofuel feedstock and an economic farming solution.

The collaboration between Casterra and Fantini aims to revolutionize castor farming by blending high-yield varieties with mechanized solutions for efficient cultivation.

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Evogene (NASDAQ: EVGN) subsidiary Casterra reported successful commercial field trials across 74 hectares in Bahia, Brazil, showing mechanized, low-input castor farming can be economically viable for castor oil feedstock. Trials included 64 hectares rainfed, 10 hectares irrigated, and recorded 382 mm rainfall.Casterra plans a 2026 push via a local subsidiary, strategic partnerships with castor oil producers, and expanded trials across multiple Brazilian states to support castor as a scalable biofuel feedstock.

A empresa israelense Casterra quer trabalhar com agricultores brasileiros para cultivar mamona para uso em biocombustíveis, visando uma área plantada de 200.000 hectares nos próximos cinco anos, disse o CEO e presidente do conselho Ofer Haviv. O Brasil é uma potência na produção de biocombustíveis, onde vastas plantações de soja e cana-de-açúcar — entre outras […]

Collaboration focuses on integrating high-yield castor varieties with advanced mechanized solutions, including harvesting and threshing technologies REHOVOT, Israel and MANTOVA, Italy, Nov. 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Casterra Ag Ltd. ("Casterra"), an Israeli developer of high-yield castor...