Agropecuária Maragogipe is a model of intensive livestock farming in MS; check it out

Agropecuária Maragogipe, located in Itaquiraí (MS), is recognized as one of the most productive farms in Brazil, standing out as a model of intensive livestock farming with sustainability. The property adopts a successful strategy based on rigorous forage and nutritional planning, which uses integration, fertilization, and a high stocking rate to guarantee its productivity in a closed-cycle system. In an interview with Giro do Boi, Lucas Marques, director of operations at Agropecuária Maragogipe, informed that the forage planning is the basis of the farm's annual budget. “From it, the number of animal units (AU) per hectare that the pasture can support is defined,” he declared. This indicator guides all financial and operational decisions of the property throughout the year. Check it out: Agropecuária Maragogipe uses Crop-Livestock Integration (CLI), where, according to Marques, “the equation 1 + 1 is not equal to 2, 1 + 1 is equal to 3.” The CLI generates the bulk, such as corn ...