Newsletter AgriBrasilis - May 23rd
Adeney Bueno is an entomology researcher and head of R&D at Embrapa Soybean, with a degree in agronomy from the Faculty of Agronomy Manoel Carlos Gonçalves, a M.Sc. in agronomy from Unesp and Ph.D. in entomology from University of São Paulo.
AgriBrasilis – What is the outlook for resistant pests in soybeans?
Adeney Bueno – Pest resistance to control tactics is certainly one of the main challenges faced in Integrated Soybean Pest Management (IPM-Soybean) in the farms. In practice, the adoption of any pest control tactic in the farms without a resistance management strategy ends up homogenizing the environment, favoring the survival and multiplication of insects that are best adapted to that environment.
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Media Partner Event: AgroBrasília 2024 (May 21st to 25th, 2024 – Parque Tecnológico Ivaldo Cenci, Brasília, DF, Brazil)
"AgroBrasília is a technology and business fair for rural entrepreneurs of different sizes and segments. Held by the Agricultural Cooperative of the Federal District Region (COOPA-DF), it serves as a showcase of new technologies for agribusiness and has a reference scenario in debates, lectures, courses on various topics related to the productive sector itself."
“Breeding of Jersey cattle is expanding a lot in Argentina… 14% of the Argentine dairy herd has Jersey genetics”, said Agustín Robredo, president of the Argentine Association of Jersey Cattle Breeders. “The price that the industry pays for the ‘solids’ in milk (fat and protein) is important, and the breed produces milk with approximately 10% of solids… Currently, we do not compete on a liter versus liter basis, but on the production of [milk] solids per hectare”. (Argentine Association of Jersey Cattle Breeders)
In response to inflation, Swift Argentina, a Minerva Foods company, will freeze and even reduce prices of its most consumed products for 60 days. Other companies, such as Carrefour, Quilmes and Chango Más, have also announced similar measures. (Swift Argentina)
Transition from El Niño to La Ninã could cause higher temperatures in coffee farming areas in Colombia. Some regions may show a reduction in rainfall. (CPC; Hedgepoint Global Markets)
State of Jalisco, Mexico, ended up not planting 100,000 hectares of corn due to low prices and drought, according to Roberto de Alba, president of Jalisco Agrifood Council. There should be a drop mainly in the production of corn and wheat”, according to him. (Asistencia Caj)
Excessive rain caused a 30% drop in Paraguayan rice production, according to an estimate by the president of the Paraguayan Federation of Rice Farmers, Ignacio Heisecke. “Like Brazil, Paraguay is also going through extreme weather situations… and in April we had a record of 350 mm of rain in 24 hours”, said Heisecke. (Paraguayan Federation of Rice Farmers)
Douglas Duek is the CEO of Quist Investimentos, with a degree in economy, M.Sc. in finance from Business School São Paulo, with specialization in judicial reorganization from Insper.
AgriBrasilis – Are Judicial Reorganizations (JR) a “necessary evil”?
Douglas Duek – I consider Judicial Reorganizations to be a necessary good, not an evil. When a company is in a position to request Judicial Reorganization, it could go bankrupt if it does not do so, and bankruptcy is not good for creditors or for anyone else.
Regardless of whether one creditor or another has insurance, the vast majority of creditors end up being harmed in the event of a company’s bankruptcy. So, JR exists so that the company has protection before bankruptcy occurs, and the chance to renegotiate once again. It is a second chance.
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Nutrien has informed that, even though it is looking for a buyer for its business in Argentina, Uruguay and Chile, the operations will not be closed in these countries. The president of Nutrien in Latin America, Carlos Brito, said that the focus on the Brazilian market will also represent an improvement in the company’s global business. (Nutrien Ag Solutions)
During an operation at the company Agrosur, the Federal Police of Argentina seized 390 boxes with 1530 packages of counterfeit pesticides, which had Syngenta’s logo. According to Facundo Fulco, Syngenta’s security manager for the southern region of Latin America, some factors can help to identify counterfeit pesticides: if the price of the product is far below market value; if the product is offered by unauthorized companies, which means that pesticides should only be purchased through the company’s official distribution network; if the labels are poorly adhered or if the brand logo is different from the original logo; etc.
National Agro-Food Health and Quality Service of Argentina has detected irregularities in the online sales of more than 31 thousand animal health, organic and agrochemical products from January to March of 2024, mainly in the province of Buenos Aires. Irregularities were identified as a part of the Digital Media Inspection and Monitoring Program. More than 21 thousand notifications were related to pesticides or fertilizers that were not registered, were sold in fractions or had adulterated labels. (Senasa)
Bioceres Crop Solutions, based in Argentina, recently recorded a 49% annual increase in total revenue in the 2Q/2024, in addition to doubling its adjusted Ebitda in the period, reaching US$ 24.1 million. The company has announced that it just registered three new bioinsecticide and bionematicicide products based on bacteria of the genus Burkholderia in Brazil. “The approval is a long-awaited milestone for our short-term growth plans in Brazil”, said Federico Trucco, president of the company. (Bioceres)
There was a sharp drop in the price of agricultural inputs during the 1Q/2024 in Colombia, mainly for herbicides and fertilizers, which had reductions of 2.78% and 2.35% respectively, in March. (Unidad de Planificación Rural Agropecuaria-UPRA)
Brazilian Administrative Council for Economic Defense – CADE has approved the creation of Tello, a fertilizer industry partnership between Amaggi, Coopercitrus, Souza and Lucas Participações, Viola Participações and TECNOBEEF. The company estimates that it will produce 200 thousand tonnes of “biointelligent” fertilizers and achieve revenues of up to US$ 97.07 million in 2026. With an investment of US$ 23.30 million, the first own production unit will be built in Altair, State of São Paulo, and will come into operation in 2025. There are also plans for a second production unit, in the State of Mato Grosso.
Jorge Armando Aranibar Monrroy is the president of the Association of Suppliers of Agricultural and Livestock Inputs, Goods and Services from Bolivia – Aprisa, manager of Crystal Chemical Industries, with a degree in agronomy from EAP Zamorano, and MBA from the Bolivian Catholic University.
AgriBrasilis – How long does it take to register pesticides in Bolivia? Why?
Jorge Aranibar – Currently, with the application of the Andean legislation (Decision No. 804 and Resolution No. 2075), it takes an average of 4 – 4,5 years for the approval of a registration from the filing of the request before Senasag (National Agricultural Health and Food Safety Service) and then before the Ministries of Environment and Health.
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