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Fertilizer, seed and pesticide\u00a0<\/b>prices decreased<\/b>\u00a0in\u00a0the 2023\/24 season\u00a0for soybean.\u00a0Production cost is expected to decline by 12.3% year-on-year. Decrease of 21% for fertilizers and correctives used in soybean farming, from US$ 482.82\/ha to US$ 381.10\/ha. Fungicide prices are expected to decrease by 9.2% and herbicide prices are expected to decline by 3.3%. Insecticides and adjuvants should increase by 3.9% and 37.6%, respectively. (Mato Grosso Institute of Agricultural Economics)<\/p>\n
Federal Supreme Court will resume the\u00a0trial against a law that prohibits the aerial spraying of pesticides<\/b>\u00a0in the State of Cear\u00e1.\u00a0Plenary evaluation is scheduled for May 19th<\/sup>\u00a0to 26th<\/sup>. The National Confederation of Agriculture questions the State Law No. 16.820\/19, known as the Z\u00e9 Maria do Tom\u00e9, that prohibits the aerial spraying of pesticides throughout the State. Ruralists claim the law is unconstitutional and would violate free enterprise and the objective of agricultural policies. (CNA; STF)<\/p>\n Deliveries of fertilizers to the market reached\u00a02.67 million tonnes<\/b>\u00a0in February of 2023. Volume represents an increase of 6.7% compared to the same period of 2022. Mato Grosso was the leading State for deliveries in the period, with 27.2% of the total volume, or 1.65 million tonnes, followed by the States of Goi\u00e1s (886 thousand), Paran\u00e1 (688 thousand), Minas Gerais (628 thousand) and S\u00e3o Paulo (476 thousand). (ANDA)<\/p>\n Pesticide Bill No. 1459\/22, that seeks to make the registration of pesticides more flexible and modern in Brazil, was forwarded on May 08th\u00a0<\/sup>to the Senate Environment Committee. Text should be reviewed in a plenary session during the coming weeks.\u00a0In\u00a0a meeting of the Committee on Agriculture and Agrarian Reform of the Federal Senate, minister of agriculture, Carlos F\u00e1varo, and minister of agrarian development, Paulo Teixeira, agree on the\u00a0need to approve the Pesticide Bill<\/b>. “When there is consensus in the sector, there is naturally also the withdrawal of inputs that could contaminate small farmers”, said Minister Teixeira. (CRA)(Federal Senate)<\/p>\n In\u00a0compliance with court decisions<\/b>, Anvisa approves toxicological evaluation of pesticides spirodiclofen (Rotam); flumioxazin (AllierBrasil); 2,4-D + picloram (Rainbow); and acetamiprid (Solus). (Anvisa)<\/p>\n Romeu Stanguerlin is the new Senior Vice President Latin America at Adama<\/b>. “The combination of Brazil and Latin America, that together reached US$1.6 billion in sales in 2022, offers great opportunities and will ensure our focus on our 2023 business goals,” said Stanguerlin. (Adama Ltd.)<\/p>\n Brazilian biopesticide market should end the 2022\/23 harvest with an increase of approximately\u00a070% compared to the previous year, reaching US$ 1.12 billion. The result stems from the large-scale adoption of bioinputs by soybean, corn, sugarcane and cotton<\/b>\u00a0farmers<\/b>.\u00a0(CropLife Brasil)<\/p>\n
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