G1 – Research and technology increase agricultural production in the … – Globo.com

Investment in research and technology have increased grain production in the central-southern Paraná. In Guarapuava region, for example, farmers working in cooperative system since the 1950s and are now focused on the selection and evaluation of new strains of grain. The cooperative rely on precision farming advice.

Before the management of fungicides and fertilizers in the field was done by the average calculations. Today, a cooperative industry is changing the average data for accurate information.

“The variability exists only in traditional agriculture is not about us. Puts an average dose of inputs throughout the area. But with the help of research, we correct the values ​​for each case, “the researcher explains Etore Reynaldo Francisco.

Robert Renhofer is a cooperative farmer who displays positive results with the use of these technologies. Apply fertilizer and fertilizer only in areas that really need it.

“In the early years, in the case of setting [soil preparation step for agricultural cultivation in which applies limestone], has halved the amount required. Already productivity had an increase in winter crop of around 3% per year over the past decade, “says the producer.

Currently, there are 600 cooperative members who supported the survey are also increasing production. For barley, for example, productivity jumped 1 ton per hectare in the 1970s to 4.5 tonnes in recent years. Moreover, it is industrialized and malted still in the cooperative and sold to the brewing industry.

In 2008, 35 livestock farmers in the region have come together to gain market with a differentiated product. In 2012, single beef production has become the production of certified Angus beef.

Currently, there are 113 breeders with 80 points of sale in the state. The cooperative members have received 15% more than before, when they worked alone.

“The Iapar [Agronomic Institute of Paranáentrou] came in early with the housing typing program, Emater [Paraná Institute of Technical Assistance Rural Extension and] in the production and organization of the Short Term Livestock (PCD). And so we are improving, increasingly, the production, “says the president of Edio Sander cooperative.

For sale with title of ‘prime beef’, the management of young steers is special. And working together enables the monitoring of silage and various other processes by researchers. “With the use of science and cooperation’m getting to make the property more profitable,” says the farmer, Silvino Caus.