Newsletter AgriBrasilis - May 2nd
Haroldo Bonfa ?is the director at?Pharos?Consultoria, a specialist in coffee marketing and the international market.?Bonfá?holds a degree in economics from the USP - Universidade de S?o Paulo and was the director of international marketing at Companhia Cacique de Café Solúvel.
Are there still uncertainties about the Brazilian offer? What are the determinants of supply for the next harvests?
The 2023/24 crop has already started to be harvested and will be ready for shipment in two or three months. The question is whether we will have available labor to harvest a high production. In addition, there are concerns about the rains, that can greatly impair the quality of the coffee harvested.
For the 2024/25 season, we will have a very important climatic period. There is always the possibility of frost in winter. Another concern is about the rainfall regime, that affects flowering, setting and maturation of coffee plants.
The coffee harvest takes place only once a year, between March and September. There are discrepancies in the assessments of the crop, that occur for many reasons: territorial extension, considering that in Brazil there are 2.24 million hectares of coffee, being 1.84 million hectares for crops in production and 402 thousand hectares of area in formation (areas that are just being established); methodological differences; in addition to the lack of high-tech equipment.
Regarding the 2022/23 production, there are many uncertainties. The first question is: what will be the volume of coffee exports in the next three months, before the entry of the new harvest? We have seen successive drops in export volumes, that should continue in the next quarter, with numbers lower than the averages of previous years.
There are several reasons for this process, from the variation in prices, that discourages sales/shipments, in addition to external factors, such as the increase in freight rates and the limited supply of containers internationally. Another factor is the perspective of a decrease in international consumption because of a possible recession, mainly in Europe and the USA.
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Argentina:?It is cheaper for the Argentine industry to import Brazilian soybean?than?to?purchase?it locally, according to Dante Romano , professor and researcher at Universidad Austral.?“Super harvest” in Brazil caused international prices to decrease to US$ 40/tonne. Argentine production suffered a 50% decrease during the current harvest. (Agribusiness and Food Center)
Brazil:?According to the president of Federacao Das Cooperativas Agropecuarias Do Estado Do Rio Grande Do Sul , Paulo Pires, farmers are waiting for announcements?regarding funding for the winter harvest. “Farmers?are?very resilient and want to turn the page on the?past?two droughts…?it is essential to have available resources to finance winter crops”, said Pires. (FecoAgro/RS)
Embrapa and Agrorobótica develop an artificial intelligence platform that allows the digitization of the soil and of agricultural activities, that enables access to precision agriculture and the sale of carbon credits in the international voluntary market.?The technology allows measuring, reporting, verifying and trading carbon in agriculture. ( Embrapa ; Agrorobótica )
Mexico:?Sugar production?should reach 6.25 million tonnes in the 2023/24 season, compared to 6.047 million in the previous season,?with?an increase of 3.3%. (USDA)
Simone Velozo ?is portfolio coordinator at the?Brazilian Company for Industrial Research and Innovation –?EmbrapII, was a laboratory supervisor at Iharabrás and product development coordinator at Lallemand.?Velozo?is a biologist from UNISAGRADO , MSc and PhD in plant protection from Universidade Estadual Paulista.
Biological control in Brazil presents an exponential growth, in the magnitude of 30% per year, that exceeds the global average of approximately 14%. Formulated products based on fungi that control insects (mycoinsecticides) play a large part in this growth. Biologicals were seen as a complementary tool. Today, this has changed, and they have become an essential tool, part of the farmer’s daily life.
The number of mycoinsecticides registered in Brazil has more than quadrupled in just 6 years. Between 2017 and 2018, there were about 40 records, covering three species of fungi:?Metarhizium anisopliae, 63%,?Beauveria bassiana, 34% and?Cordyceps fumosorosea, 3%.
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Today, we have 196 products already registered, and several in the development and registration phases. Of these products, 39% are based on?B. bassiana, 36% on?M. anisopliae, 19% on?B. bassiana?+?M. anisopliae, 4% on?C. fumosorosea, 1% on?Cordyceps javanica, 1% on?Metarhizium rileyi?and 1% of?B. bassiana?+?C. javanica, acting mainly to control whiteflies (Bemisia tabaci), pasture leafhoppers, coffee borers (Hypothenemus hampei), sugarcane boll weevil (Sphenophorus levis), banana tree weevil (Cosmopolites sordidus), citrus psyllium (Diaphorina citri), mites, etc.
In addition to this growth, there was also a diversification of species and the emergence of new technologies, such as the possibility of using two species of fungi in the same product, creating a product with a broad spectrum of action.
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Civil Police of the State of Goiás announces operation to?prevent the smuggling of pesticide packaging from the Agricultural Products Association?of Paraúna, State of Goiás. “Employees of the association started to divert products and resell them to receivers, causing an estimated loss of US$ 50.62 thousand”, said delegate Alvares Lins . (PCGO)
Local production of intermediate fertilizers reached 565 thousand tonnes?in January of 2023. Volume represents a reduction of 9.3% compared to the same period of 2022, when 623 thousand tonnes were produced. ( ANDA - Associa??o Nacional para Difus?o de Adubos )
Federation of Agriculture and Livestock of the State of S?o Paulo released?report on prices of agricultural inputs?for the State. During the?past?12 months, highlight?to?the increase of 12.62% for?Cotesia flavipes,?24.41% for dolomitic limestone,?and 15.68% in the paid?amount?for imidacloprid. Prices dropped 27.87% for urea and 37.04% for glyphosate. ( Sistema FAESP/SENAR-SP )
In celebration of Embrapa’s 50th?anniversary, President Celso Moretti announced an agreement with University of Florida involving the funding of US$ 4 million, that will be used in research for?reducing Brazil’s dependence on imported fertilizers.?In addition to the agreement, were announced 30 technologies, such as the launch of a bioinsecticide to control the whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) in partnership with Lallemand Plant Care. (Embrapa; 美国佛罗里达大学 ; Lallemand Plant Care EMEA )
Port of Paranaguá,?the main gateway for fertilizers, received 660 thousand tonnes in January of 2023, a decrease of 26.1% when compared to 2022. Paranaguá represented 26.6% of the total imported in the period. (MDIC)
MAPA published?deliberations on pesticide registration:?7 cancellations of registrations and registration requests, 36 authorizations for imports, in addition to inclusion of formulators, manufacturers, and other measures. (Ministry of Agriculture)
Germison Vital Tomquelski?is a phytosanitary researcher at? Desafios Agro , agronomist, M.Sc and Ph.D in agronomy from?Universidade Estadual Paulista.
Tomquelski?was a researcher in charge of the entomology and weeds sector at Funda??o Chapad?o , and professor of entomology and acarology at the Universidade Estadual do Mato Grosso do Sul.
What are the most relevant species of these bugs and why? How can they be detected?
Among the most widespread species in the system are the brown stink bug (Euschistus heros) and the green-belly stink bug (Diceraeus?sp.). These pests are widely adapted, often being native to different regions.
Detection occurs with visual assessments, at the beginning of the crop development, or with the use of a beating cloth (white cloth placed between rows): when the plants are shaken, the insects fall on this cloth and are counted. This strategy is essential for soybean, when the plants are in the reproductive stage, in order to account for the presence of nymphs.
The mentioned pests present uneven distribution. Therefore, the representativeness in the samples is fundamental for the management (borders – patches of weeds can have larger populations).
Another strategy under development is pheromones, that can help in the vegetative phase. For the green-belly stink bug in corn, the use of baits can help to count the insects.
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