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Southern Brazil Adopts Measures Against Avian Flu

Pesticides, Biologicals

“It is a Mistake to Compare Biological and Chemical Pesticides”

How to Control Weeds on Sugarcane Farms in Brazil

Agricultural Machinery Sector

Market, Technology

The Vital Role of Credit in the Agricultural Machinery Sector in Brazil

Assisted Pollination Can Increase Coffee Yields By 19%

China is the Biggest Market for Peanut Oil

Pesticides, Market

Agrochemicals Franchise Wants to Compete with Large Resellers

Revenues from Rice Exports Exceed US$ 650 Million in Brazil

Weeds Resistant to Herbicides Threaten Soybean Farms in Brazil

Chile, Fruticulture

Blueberry Production is Decreasing in Chile

Heteroptera Bugs Cause Losses of up to 100% in Soybean in Brazil

Coffee Exports Decline Should Continue in Brazil

Sustainable Practices Guarantee Top Soybean Yields

Brazil, Environment

Brazilian Agribusiness Must Lead Fight Against Climate Change

micoinseticidas

Mycoinsecticide Registration Grew 300% in 6 Years in Brazil

Anvisa Pesticide

Anvisa Brazil Rejects Almost 5% of Pesticide Formulated Product Evaluations

Brazil-China Commercial Transactions Without Use of US Dollar

Brazilian Agribusiness GDP Fell in 2022

Embrapa Bets on GMO Wheat in Brazil

Electric Weeding is an Alternative for Weed Control

Pesticides, Technology

Pesticide Spraying by Drones Should Have its Own Rules in Brazil

Agricultural Retail Market Changes in Brazil

Latin America, Market

Brazil-Chile Trade Exceeds US$ 13 Billion

Sugarcane Biogas Sector Bets on Waste as Raw Material in Brazil

Argentina, Aviculture

Argentina Seeks to Prevent the Spread of Avian Flu

Fighting Pests with RNA Pesticides in Brazil

Pesticide State Registration Costs up to US$ 21 k per Product in Brazil

Incra's Budget Decreased from US$ 913 M to US$ 57 M

Brasil gripe aviária

Aviculture, Brazil

Brazil is Ready to Face Avian Influenza

Registration of pesticides

Ibama Analyzed 927 Pesticide Registration Processes (chemical formulated product) between 2019 and 2022

Ibama: Pesticide Registration, Rejection, Reassessment, Prioritization

Investments in Wheat Ethanol Production in the South of Brazil

indústria química

Pesticides, Fertilizer

Chemical Industry Deficit Doubled in 10 Years, Reaching US$ 12.7 billion in 2022

Pesticide Registration Maintance Fees of US$ 15 Million in Brazil

Latin America, Soybean

Paraguay Should Harvest 8.4 Million Tonnes of Soybean in the 2022/23 Season

São Paulo sugarcane

Sugarcane Accounts for 45% of the Agricultural Production Value of São Paulo State

Livestock, Technology

First Digital Currency to Invest in Cattle

Stunt Disease is a Great Challenge for Corn Farming

China May Buy Purchase Up to 5 Million Tonnes of Brazilian Corn in 2023

Losses of Over US$ 579 Million for the Sugar-Ethanol Sector

Almost 80% of the Specialty Coffee Farmed in Brazil is Exported

Intelligence and Data Analysis Platform for Agribusiness

Brazil, Sugar cane

Sugarcane Average Yield Hasn't Increased in Recent Decades

Fertilizer, Market

Logistics Limits Canadian Potash Supply to Brazil

Agriculture, Economy

Harvest Exceeds Storage Capacity in Brazil for the First Time in 20 Years

Vertical Farming Sector is Expected to Reach US$ 19 Billion by 2027

Livestock, Technology

Blockchain for Tracking Meat Products is Already a Reality

desmatamento ilegal

Most of the Deforestation in Brazil is Illegal

Facing the Main Sugarcane Pests in Brazil

It's a Matter of Time for a Unicorn AgTech to Appear in Brazil

Pesticides: New Legal Framework

Organic Fertilization Increased Last Season in Chile

Argentina Consumes 70% of its Own Wine

Pesticide Bill No. 1459/22 Goes to the Plenary for Urgent Review

U.S. Demand Improves Performance of Brazilian Orange Juice Industry

Digitalized Irrigation Reduces Water and Energy Consumption

The Digital Age of Dairy Farming

Market, Technology

Brazil is the 6th Market for Venture Capital Investments in AgTechs

Certification in the Sugar and Ethanol Sector Grows

Is Bioeconomy the Solution for the Amazon?

commodity prices

Investment and Risk Management Tools for the Brazilian Agribusiness

Changes in Colombia's Agricultural Financing

The Future of the World Economy is Uncertain

Registration of pesticides

Toxicological Criteria and Methodologies for Pesticides Registration in Brazil (in vitro vs in vivo)

Foreign Capital and Added Value in Brazilian Agribusiness

Pesticides, Business

Corteva Invests US$ 200 Million per Year in R&D in Brazil

Chilean Cherries supply the Chinese New Year's Festival Market

Cecafé Represents Approximately 96% of Brazil’s Coffee Exports

Chemical and Alternative Control of Nematodes

Agrometeorological Monitoring of Sugarcane

financeirização

Economy, Market

What is the Financialization of Agribusiness?

Latin America, Government

Food Security and Hunger in Latin America

Agriculture, Technology

Saving Money Through Pesticide Application Technology

80% of the World’s Alpacas Population is in Peru

How Brazil Plans to Deal with the African Swine Fever

colombia agriculture

Latin America, Colombia

How Will the New Government’s Policies Affect Colombian Agriculture?

Semiochemicals Can Reduce Insecticide Use by up to 90%

Coffee, Environment

Conservative Biological Control in Coffee Farming

acordo UE Mercosul

Brazil, Business

Trade and Sustainable Development are Key Points of the EU-Mercosur Agreement

Soil Genomic Analyzes Can Increase Yields by 15%

Argentina, Economy

Fiscal Deficit Aggravates Crisis in Argentina

How to store carbon in soil

Brazilian Beef Exports Will Reach a Record in 2022

“The glyphosate-resistant GMO event QAB016 (NA 05-2019 "RR") is still going through the regulatory process, currently completing the experimental steps of characterization of the inserted gene and gene expression.” German Serino, director of Chacra Experimental Agrícola Santa Rosa German Serino is the director of Chacra Experimental Agrícola Santa Rosa, founding partner of SYZ Biotecnologia, has a degree in biology from Universidad de Buenos Aires and a Ph.d. in microbiology and molecular genetics from Rutgers University. Chacra Experimental Agrícola Santa Rosa is the first and only private sugarcane breeding institute in Argentina, with the objective of obtaining varieties adapted to the conditions of northern Argentina. AgriBrasilis - Santa Rosa is the only private sugarcane improvement institute in Argentina. What is the institution's history? Which cultivars have been developed over its 71 years? German Serino – La Chacra Experimental Agrícola Santa Rosa was founded in August 1951, when the “Santa Rosa” and “La Toma” lands were acquired in the department of Orán, Province of Salta, by Ingenio y Refinería San Martín del Tabacal (currently Seaboard Energías Renovables y Alimentos), Ledesma Sugar Estates and Refining Company (now Ledesma SAAI), Leach's Argentine Estates (now Ingenio La Esperanza), Ingenio Río Grande and Ingenio San Isidro. The first director of Santa Rosa was the agronomist Roberto Fernández de Ullívarri, who directed it from its creation until 1956, and then between 1975 and 1985. In 1956, Ullívarri traveled to Puerto Rico, where he carried out hybrids that resulted in the cultivars NA 56-79 , NA 56-30, NA 56-42, NA 56-62, NA 56-83 and NA 56 - 26. NA 56-79, originally known as “line 17001” or “La Miluno”, was one of the most cultivated varieties of sugarcane in world history, having been planted in 55% of the surface of Tucumán and in more of one million hectares in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. Despite its susceptibility to "carbón" (disease caused by the fungus Ustilago scitaminea), it is one of the varieties that has produced the most sugar per hectare in subtropical areas. The cultivar NA 56-30 reached an important diffusion in Tucumán. The cultivars NA 56-42, NA 56-62 and NA 56-83, in turn, performed well in Salta and Jujuy. Among these, NA 56-42 was the most adopted cultivar in Costa Rica between the 1990s and 2000s, and is still cultivated today. The cultivar NA 56-26 was the main variety in Bolivia for several years. NA 63-90 was an early cultivar that occupied about 25% of the sugarcane area in Tucumán. Later, NA 85-1602 was widely adopted in Jujuy and Salta and is cultivated in Costa Rica and a limited area of Mato Grosso, Brazil. The cultivar NA 97-3152 occupies an important percentage of Jujuy and Salta, although nowadays its adoption is in decline. Currently, the most relevant cultivars include NA 96-2929, which occupies about 10% of the sugarcane area in Jujuy and Salta, and NA 90-1001, which occupies 8.5%. NA05-860 occupies more than 10% of the sugarcane area and its adoption is expanding. AgriBrasilis - What research is being carried out in the areas of biotechnology, plant breeding and pathology? German Serino - La Chacra is a pioneer in biotechnology in Argentina, having created the first GMO sugarcane in the country. The focus of biotechnology research at La Chacra is on weed control through herbicide resistance. The glyphosate-resistant GMO event QAB016 (NA 05-2019 "RR") is still going through the regulatory process, currently completing the experimental steps of characterization of the inserted gene and gene expression. La Chacra developed mosaic virus-resistant sugarcane through RNA interference, obtaining transgenic events that resisted the virus through several years of experimental field cultivation. These events are held on regulated plots for research purposes only, as the commercialization of this technology is not currently planned. We also carry out research in genome editing, a technology with great potential for the development of cultivars. AgriBrasilis - What is the source of funds for the development of the breeding research? Is there government funding? German Serino - La Chacra is an NGO that works for the sugar sector in the provinces of Jujuy and Salta, Argentina. Resources that support the investigation come from corporate fees contributed by the Ledesma, Seaboard and Río Grande sucarcane mills, and from the supply of residual sugarcane from the investigations for crushing in the mills. There have been few occasions in the past when Chacra has received government funding for specific projects, and this is the case today. The cost of developing a variety of sugarcane is highly variable and difficult to estimate. Normally, the process of developing a cultivar requires approximately 15 years of research. AgriBrasilis - What proportion of sugarcane is used to produce sugar and ethanol? Is the improvement done differently for each purpose? German Serino - In 2019, Argentina produced more than 2,100,000 tonnes of sugar and 520,000 m3 of bioethanol. It is difficult to indicate how much sugarcane was destined for sugar production and how much was dedicated to bioethanol, as the different production schemes of the industrial plants vary from each other when producing ethanol from molasses, juice or through a mixture of the two. In addition, different mills industries have diversification strategies, mainly through power generation and production of paper. As production strategies vary in a period of time significantly shorter than the development time necessary for a cultivar, Chacra seeks to develop a sugarcane that serves those two different purposes. AgriBrasilis - Improved sugarcane differs from hybrid corn because it is possible for farmers to reproduce it on their own farm. Is it possible to guarantee the origin of the material? How to protect the intellectual property of developed materials? German Serino - In Argentina, sugarcane varieties are protected via the granting of property titles through registration with the National Register of Cultivated Property (RNPC). Registration of a sugarcane cultivar in this system does not qualify it for commercialization, for which, in addition to protection in the RNPC, the registration of the variety in the National Registry of Cultivars (RNC) is also necessary. READ MORE: How to store carbon in soil

Argentina, Sugar cane

Genome Editing and Glyphosate-resistant GMO Sugarcane in Argentina

Residues from pre-sprouted sugarcane seedlings are transformed into cachaça for export

Argentina, Technology

Soybean, Corn and Wheat Turn into Digital Currencies

Brazilian Savana

Creation of Embrapa and Conquest of the Brazilian Savanna

Colombia Depends on Seed Imports and Faces Regulatory Difficulties

Brazil Emits Less Than 3% of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

bioinsumos on farm

On-farm Production of Bioinputs Reduces Costs With Pesticides

Tucura Sapo Grasshopper is One of the Main Forage Pests in Patagonia

Maizall Farmers Grow 50% of all the World's Corn

Flowers and Ornamental Plants Sector in Brazil Can Grow 12% in 2022

Brazil, Technology

Electrostatic Spraying Reduces Need for Pesticides

Southern Region of Brazil is the most Affected by Third Consecutive Year of La Niña

Genetic Improvement in Purebred Swine Breeds

Copacol poultry

Copacol’s Investments Reach US$ 195 million in Brazil

Ministry of Agriculture Seeks to Accelerate Registration of Animal Health Products in Brazil

Agroempresa Forestal

Uruguay's Forestry Sector Exports US$ 2.5 Billion Each Year

Certification is Mandatory for Recognition of Organic Products in Brazil