Newsletter AgriBrasilis - November 28th
Maíra Ferreira de Melo Rossi?is a Ph.D. student in plant health,? with a M.Sc . degree in applied botany from Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA), and she is an agronomist from Universidade Federal De Sao Carlos .
How should citrus nutritional management be carried out to obtain high productivity and fruit quality?
Fertilization during the production phase should be carried out between September and March, due to the greater demand for nutrients in the spring. Nutritional management aimed at fruit quality must prioritize fertilization with micronutrients, in addition to the recommendation to apply nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium.
Calcium prevents the formation of small fruits, for example. An adequate supply of potassium prevents fruit cracking. Even the soluble solids content, acidity, and amount of fruit juice are affected by the lack of nutrients. Thus, a well-nourished orchard directly reflects the quality of the fruits.
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Argentina:??Stock market increased almost 23% and?the “blue dollar” surpassed ARS$ 1,000 on the first business day after Javier Milei’s election.?Shares of Argentine companies listed in the USA rose as much as 40% on Monday, led by State oil company YPF. The president-elect stated that he will make a “shock adjustment” of 15% of the country’s GDP, and said that “2024 must end with fiscal balance”.?( S&P Global ; Radio Mitre AM 790 )
Brazil:?BS and the Federal University of Santa Catarina sign an agreement to?boost research on laboratory meat in Brazil. The agreement provides for the concession of facilities at the JBS Biotech Innovation Center, the first R&D center for cultivated meat in the country. “Cultivated protein technology has proven to be relevant to the world and JBS could not fail to be at the forefront,” said the company’s CEO, Gilberto Tomazoni . ( JBS ; Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC )
Wheat harvest failure in the 2023/24 season.?Reduction of more than 1 million tonnes when compared to the previous estimate, which means a drop from 10.5 to 9.28 million tonnes. “The continuous rains in the State of Rio Grande do Sul will harm the quality of much of what will be harvested… In the State of Paraná, the situation is also delicate”, according to the risk management consultant at StoneX Consultoria, Jonathan Pinheiro . ( StoneX Group Inc. )
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Panama: Shipping companies have paid a total of?US$ 235 million in 2023 to skip the Panama Canal queue, as drought has limited the number of ships that can enter the waterway. This is 20% higher than what companies paid throughout 2022 for priority passage. It’s also enough to cover an estimated US$ 200 million revenue decrease, which the channel faces due to reduced traffic this year. ( Waypoint Port Services ; ING Groep)
Catarina Le?o is the global marketing manager at? Blink Biotech and professor of marketing and agribusiness management at?Centro Universitário Funda??o de Ensino Octávio Bastos – UNIFEOB .
Marketing is the science that allows business to be conducted based on people’s perceptions, meeting the needs of consumers. Agribusiness in Brazil has historically used fewer marketing strategies due to several factors, including a tradition of more direct commercial relationships between farmers and intermediaries, in addition to the seasonal and cyclical nature of agricultural activities. This trend changed as the agribusiness sector recognized the importance of positioning itself, differentiating its products, and facing challenges such as globalization and environmental awareness.
Marketing in agribusiness helps to promote agricultural products, connecting farmers with their consumers and other agents in the chain. Secondly, marketing helps to strengthen brands and differentiate products in an increasingly competitive market. Furthermore, marketing helps to consolidate positive discourses – mainly about the differences and potential that Brazil has in this sector and that the world is still unaware of. All of this plays a crucial role in building an uplifting image of agriculture.
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According to market research performed by DunhamTrimmer LLC ,?Latin America?is expected to become the largest biopesticide market in the world, largely driven by?Brazil.
Axel Kicillof, governor of Buenos Aires,?Argentina, said that?China Potassium Chemical Group should invest US$ 1.25 billion to build an urea plant and another NPK fertilizer plant?in?the Port of Bahía Blanca. The Profertil Agro factory in Bahía Blanca, a partnership between YPF SA and Nutrien Ltd., has a production capacity of 1.3 million tonnes of fertilizers, and the Chinese investment could double this number. (Government of Buenos Aires; CPCG)
According to the representative of the Alliance for Agricultural Sustainability of?Costa Rica, Jorge Cartín ,?there is a long delay in the availability of new pesticides in the country, which creates “a latent threat of not being able to register new products”. Furthermore, according to Cartín, the loss of current registrations may also begin to occur. “We have neighboring countries that achieve it [the registration] in less than one or two years. Therefore, our farmers are accused of having very low yields… when the reality is that the system has been responsible for limiting the availability of new tools”, he said. (ASA)
UPL announced the opening?up?of the World Research Center for Natural Plant Protection?in Ramos Arizpe,?Mexico, which included an investment of US$ 45 million. (UPL Corporation)
Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis - Ibama Brazil monitors?pesticide?application and seizes aircraft?in the State of Minas Gerais. Total of 17 companies were inspected and?2000 L of expired?products?were seized. Six fines, worth US$?86,829, were issued, as well as 12 notifications. Brazil has the second largest fleet of agricultural aircraft in the world, with 2,083?planes, second only to the USA. Minas Gerais is one of eight Brazilian States that, together, hold 90% of the country’s agricultural aircraft fleet. (Ibama)
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