Newsletter AgriBrasilis - December 12th
Eduardo Le?o de Sousa is president of?CropLife Brasil , an agronomist, with a M.Sc degree in applied economics from the Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz" , an MBA in Government Relations from Funda??o Getulio Vargas , and a PhD in applied economics from the University of S?o Paulo.
What are the demands of the pesticide market? What difficulties does it face?
The pesticide market seeks greater predictability and legal certainty, which are fundamental for international competitiveness and the sustainability of agriculture.
It is important that regulations are modernized and that pesticide assessments/evaluations are carried out based on technical and scientific criteria, aligned with the best regulatory practices. Such criteria must be compatible with the reality of the different agricultural scenarios in Brazil.
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Media Partner Event:?Agri Vision – 2024 ?(January 19th to 21st, 2024 – Cuttack, Odisha, índia)
"The 6th International Conference on Agriculture for Sustainable Development (Agri Vision - 2024) is being organized by the Society for Agricultural Research and Management (SARM) in collaboration with ICAR-National Rice Research Institute (NRRI), Cuttack." ( Agri Vision: International Conference )
Argentina:?President of the Argentine Rural Society, Nicolás Pino, said the organization supports elected president Javier Milei. Pino believes?Milei should reduce government intervention in the agricultural sector.?“We need to be patient, let the president settle down, start his?presidency term, and then we can see what is being done,” said Pino. (SRA)
Brazil:?Grupo Safras announced the acquisition of trading company?Copagri Brasil. Value of the deal was not?disclosed, but it involves Copagri’s grain origination, processing and export operations, including a biodiesel plant in Cuiabá, State of Mato Grosso, with capacity to process 700 thousand tonnes of soybean. Copagri had revenues of US$ 510 million in the last fiscal year. (Grupo Safras; Copagri Brasil)
Agricultural sector had the highest average salaries in 42.8% of?jobs?analyzed in 5 markets by Gupy, specialized in HR management. Guilherme Dias, director of marketing and products at Gupy, attributes the high remuneration in agriculture to the grain harvest record and the increase in exports, which increased formal jobs?in the sector. ( Gupy )
Colombia: Cuba opened up its market for fresh eggs from Colombia.?“We are pleased to announce this important news for the poultry sector, which will bring great benefits to the national economy, such as the creation of jobs and the transformation of Colombian agriculture,” said Juan Roa, manager of the Colombian Agricultural Institute. (ICA)?
Vinicius O. is a partner at?Redirection International , a company specialized in mergers and acquisitions and business management projects.
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What makes a company the target of an M&A process?
Firstly, it is of great help to be in a heated market and targeted for M&A, as is the case with agribusiness.
The company must offer quality products and services, which differentiate it in the market. It is a differentiator to be well positioned in a market or niche where few competitors are also present. Furthermore, it is important to have a differentiated technology that other players are interested in acquiring.
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The minister of agriculture,?Carlos Fávaro, is in favour of the Pesticide Bill No. 1459/2022, approved by the Senate on November?28th, which modifies the rules for the approval and commercialization of pesticides in Brazil. Fávaro said that the project is necessary to modernize legislation and to ban the most harmful pesticides. “One of the most important points of the approved text is that no new molecule can be approved unless it is less harmful than the already existing ones”, said the minister. (MAPA)
Fertilizer deliveries in Brazil grew 16.7% in September, compared to the same period in 2022, reaching 4.89 million tonnes. Between January and September of 2023, 33.5 million tonnes were delivered, representing an?annual growth of 11.3%. State of Mato Grosso?had the largest volume of deliveries since the beginning of the year,?with?7.72 million tonnes, followed by?Paraná?(3.88 million),?Goiás?(3.66 million) and?Rio Grande do Sul?(3.56 million). ( ANDA - Associa??o Nacional para Difus?o de Adubos )
Yara announced an?investment of US$ 18.25 million in its foliar fertilizers factory?in Sumaré, State of S?o Paulo.?Resources will be invested until 2025, directed to R&D, with the aim of obtaining a portfolio of products focused on regenerative agriculture. “Sustainability is no longer enough. We want to start giving back to nature what we have extracted from it”, said Marcelo Altieri , CEO of Yara Brasil. ( Yara Brasil )
Confirmed case of multiple resistance of ragweed, or summer cypress (Bassia scoparia), resistant to the herbicides metsulfuron, imazapyr and glyphosate in?Argentina. In total,?46 cases of resistant weeds were recorded in the country, 15 of which had multiple resistance, that is, involving more than one herbicide. ( Aapresid )
According to the president of the Union of Pesticide Manufacturers and Formulators of?Mexico, Luis Cepeda, the?legislative uncertainty regarding agricultural pesticides in the country threatens to “change the rules of the game”, harming the pesticide market and Mexican farmers. Furthermore, regarding the imminent ban on glyphosate in the country, Cepeda said that there is no evidence that the product causes cancer, and that there are no substitutes for glyphosate. ( UMFFAAC )
Ronei Sandri Sana ?is a digital agriculture manager at? SLC Agrícola , graduated in agronomy from the Federal University of Santa Maria, with an M.Sc . degree in soils from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul.
How does SLC Agrícola save inputs through integrated technologies?
The rural connectivity project is based on 4G technologies and is present in all of our units, with the support of the main Brazilian mobile phone operators.
Cell phone technologies were essential for the digital transformation journey in agriculture, facilitating the extraction of telemetry data from agricultural machines, meteorological sensing, digital pest records and automation in agro-industrial processes.
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