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Casterra announces the completion of a successful castor seed growing and harvesting season in Brazilqrcode

−− Castor seeds from Brazil will be ready for shipment during third quarter of 2024. Castor harvest season in Africa started as planned.

Aug. 1, 2024

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Casterra Ag Ltd., a subsidiary of Evogene Ltd. (Nasdaq: EVGN) (TASE: EVGN), and a provider of an integrated solution for industrial-scale cultivation of castor, based on its elite castor seed varieties, developed for bio-based industries including biopolymers & biofuels, announced the successful completion of its current castor growing and harvesting season in Brazil. The seeds are planned to be shipped during the third quarter of this year. In addition, the castor harvesting season in Africa, which is expected to supply the majority of seeds for 2024, has started as planned. As noted in previous announcements, the castor seeds produced in 2024 in both Brazilan and African territories, are expected to allow Casterra to meet all its existing orders, amounting to ~$8.4M.


Mr. Yoash Zohar, CEO of Casterra states: "Current castor yields from the harvest in Brazil show an impressive improvement in our production capabilities. I am very proud of our professional team, which in past months invested, and keeps investing, time and efforts working closely with our subcontractors to ensure the best agricultural practices and crop performance, to produce Casterra's high quality castor seeds. We also expect to see such positive performance in our African territories where the majority of our seed production is taking place." 


Casterra is at the forefront of the industrialization of castor, with unique elite varieties (high oil yield, compact and short cycle plants), global span seed production operation (Africa and Brazil), and growing protocols for efficient large-scale castor farming, well-positioned to lead industrialized castor farming.


Source: Casterra AG

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