One of Brazil’s largest coffee growers, Ruiz Coffee, is set to join forces with local eucalyptus producer Santos & Dias to create a joint venture that would result in the world’s largest Arabica coffee farm on continuous land.
According to Reuters, the companies are planning on investing more than 1 billion reais (US$187.5 million) to create Jacurutu Coffee in the northwest of the Minas Gerais region, which is expected to cover more than 5500 hectares of irrigated coffee fields.
Planting will start in 2026 and, once fully operational, the farm is projected to produce about 260,000 60-kilogram bags of coffee per year.
About 100 hectares are planned to be planted each month, with the first harvest expected in 2028.
Each company will appoint two board members to the project, with Jacurutu Coffee board member and CEO of Eldorado Terra Gustavo Wagner Riberio to also sit on the board as an independent fifth member.
Ruiz Coffee will oversee coffee operations, while Santos & Dias will lead administrative matters.
“All 5500 hectares will be irrigated, which will be a big advantage in the region,” says Ribeiro. “We saw these were prime areas for eucalyptus, but coffee has a very positive trend and growing demand.”
