' Model Farm ' at Bayer will have more productivity

Nossa Senhora Aparecida farm, Cold water (GO) – first initiative of Bayer in Brazil to guide sustainable production from the point of view of economic, environmental and social – should expand in 5% soybean productivity this year with no increase in area. The property is the first Bayer Forward Farming in the country. According to the Managing Director, Oli Fiorese, 30% of the commercial grain production has already been sold in advance for trading companies and other 30% through option contracts. "We did a good planting at the right time, with proper machinery and in a good soil, well fixed. Now, everything depends on the weather, "said Fiorese. He points out that the early planting of soybean harvest – around ten days earlier – should allow the planting of crops in an ideal window. I still expect a comfortable margin, Fiorese pointed out that the market for culture is not optimistic, given the uncertainties in relation to prices, caused by the trade war between China and the United States that, since April, has made the Asian country impose a 25% tariff to imports of American products. "In addition, we do not know if China and the United States are going to hit and how the dollar will behave if that happens. The moment the market is not very optimistic, but we managed to do presale with satisfactory price [R $71.50 a sack], better than last year, "he adds. The property has a capacity to store 70% of production, which also includes seed corn, wheat and beans, and has 35% of irrigation in the area. The property is part of a group of collective purchases of inputs, which reduces production costs in this cycle. "We had an increase of 5% to 6% in costs and we can anticipate purchases, which gives us a bargaining power." He explains that part of this increase in the value of inputs – stimulated by Exchange-did the shipping table. "She encareceu inputs and what's coming out has been negotiated with lower price because the trading companies are considering a higher cost of transportation. Who will pay the Bill is the producer. " News the Nossa Senhora Aparecida won the condition of Bayer's model farm a year ago. In the world, are other ten. "A change of thought came with it. The employee training was intensified and today we have everything online, an evolution of time and agility with computerization, which helps us to make better decisions, "said Fiorese. "We started to give more importance to soil profile and more technical, more precision in the application of inputs and industrial seed treatment," he added. The next step is to expand the use of biological insecticides, started this harvest. /* The reporter travelled at the invitation of Bayer