Brazil farmland

[Sodbuster]

I thought cane was used to make rum, not home brew or ethanol. I thought corn would be more cost effective than cane to make ethanol, anyone know?

[helmach]

I thought cane was used to make rum, not home brew or ethanol. I thought corn would be more cost effective than cane to make ethanol, anyone know?

ultimately you need sugar for yeast to convert to alcohol. wheats and corn have starchs that get converted to sugar by alpha-amylase (a enzyme) sugar cane is already high in sugar... less processing required to get it fermentable.
soft wheat < corn < sugar cane is best.
plus it grows extrely fast and tall with more "sugar" yeild. downside is as soon as you cut it, the rotting sets in thus extreamly short shelve life like days. Meaning storage is non existent so you have to have the cane feild located extreamly close to the plant site cutting as you need feed stock. Lactic and Acetic acid are the downfalls to yeast production and fermentation and a byproduct of rotting so it is a major problem.