Seeds and fertilizers will show a price decrease in the 2023/24 season
Agricultural Defense Agency of the State of Roraima is renewing pesticide retailers and industries’ registrations. To sell their products, agricultural stores in the State should request re-registration at the State Agency. (Aderr)
Crop Care, focused on special inputs for agribusiness, announced the acquisition of a majority stake in Cromo Química, with headquarters in the city of Estrela, State of Rio Grande do Sul. The deal is subject to regulatory approvals. (Crop Care; Cromo Química)
UPL established an e-commerce agreement to sell its portfolio with the startup AgriAcordo. “It is an innovative possibility that we want to add to the other sales formats we have and, together with our distributors, better manage high-end prices, reduce inventories, improve the life cycle management of our products…”, said Renato Seraphim, CMO of UPL. AgriAcordo has 460 registered companies in its marketplace, responsible for US$ 191.51 million in volume of product offers and US$ 50.81 million in demands. (UPL; AgriAcordo)
By the end of 2023, the Environment Commission should vote on the new rules for bioinputs production, given by Bill No. 3668/2021. Two public hearings on the proposal have already been held. Some senators, such as Luis Carlos Heinze, claim to fear that an excess of rules could discourage the adoption of bioinputs by farmers. (CMA)
Embrapa and Agreenvir Soluções Biotecnológicas are developing a product with a dual purpose, capable of fertilizing forage plants and controlling nematode infestation. The nematicidal fertilizer underwent tests in a greenhouse and in an experimental field, where it was able to reduce infestation by 60% when compared to a non-fertilized pasture, and by 71.84% compared to a pasture treated with a chemical fertilizer based on urea. (Embrapa; Agreenvir Soluções Biotecnológicas)
Sempre AgTech, located in the city of Chapecó, State of Santa Catarina, announced that it will invest US$ 37.13 million over the next three years to develop sustainable biotechnologies for tropical agriculture. “Our agriculture still depends on raw materials from countries such as India, Russia and China to ensure the supply of fertilizers and pesticides for the field. For these strategic biotechnological assets, what we want is Brazilians becoming their owners”, said Fernando Prezzotto, founder and CEO of the company. (Sempre AgTech)
Campagro, a company of agricultural inputs and products for livestock, was established in the city of São Luiz Gonzaga, State of Rio Grande do Sul. “The company will work with foliar and organomineral fertilizers, in addition to shell limestone and traditional limestone for soil correction…”, said the co-owner Alexandre Leal Senger. (Campagro)
Executive Committee of the Cocoa Crop Plan – Ceplac is performing tests with five different fungicides developed by Syngenta to control “witches’ broom”, a disease caused by the fungus Moniliophthora perniciosa. (Ceplac; Syngenta)
Carlos Eduardo Zamataro is the new strategy and new business director at Green Place Agro. (Green Place Agro)
Egypt should increase traffic of fertilizers through the ports of the State of Paraná. “In October, we brought 11 thousand tonnes of fertilizers. And we have a ship en route, with over 29,000 tonnes, that will arrive in Antonina”, says Claudemir Vulczak, from Ourogran Fertilizantes. The company’s objective is to deliver approximately 200 thousand tonnes in 2023. (Ports of Paraná)
Natufert, a fertilizer company based in the city of Ibatiba, State of Espírito Santo, invested US$ 680 thousand in 2022 to expand production and should invest another US$ 680 thousand in 2023. The company’s storage capacity, of 10,000 m3, will increase to 15,000 m3. Production should reach 40 thousand tonnes/year. (Natufert)
Yara started transporting bulk fertilizers by cabotage in 2022. Approximately 15,000 tonnes of special fertilizers were transported, with navigation along the entire Brazilian coast. “This shipment of fertilizers via cabotage to the State of Maranhão brings several benefits, such as access to farmers in the North and Northeast regions to Yara’s special fertilizer lines, especially during a critical moment of disruptions in supply chains…”, said the commercial vice president of Yara Brazil, Maicon Cossa. (Yara Brasil)
According to the monthly survey of production costs by the Mato Grosso State Institute of Agricultural Economics, it is estimated that seeds and fertilizers will show a price decrease in the 2023/24 season. Fertilizers, that cost an average of US$ 472.39/ha in December 2022, should be purchased for US$ 383.92/ha in December 2023, an estimated drop of 18.7%. (IMEA)
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