Digital agriculture can help Brazil achieve record corn crop projection

Published 2023년 3월 2일

Tridge summary

Brazil is set to reach a record corn harvest of 127 million tons for the 2022/23 season, a 12.5% increase, largely due to the widespread use of digital agriculture tools by 75% of producers. These tools include monitoring software and climate forecasting solutions, with agricultural telemetry being the least utilized. The adoption of these technologies is credited with improving production efficiency, precision, and disease control. Despite these benefits, the implementation of digital agriculture in Brazil's corn sector faces challenges such as the lack of professionalization, connectivity issues, and high production costs, especially due to the cost of fertilizers. The future outlook remains promising for the sector, with an anticipated growth in the use of technological solutions in agriculture and the creation of numerous jobs. However, high production costs and the slowdown of the global economy pose challenges that producers must navigate.
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Original content

Brazil is the third largest corn producer in the world and the expectation is for an increase of 12.5% in the 2022/23 harvest – reaching the historical record of 127 million tons according to Conab research. To reach this mark, producers relied on an important ally: digital agriculture. According to the study Guia do Milho, carried out by Climate Fieldview, 75% use the resource in farming. The survey interviewed agronomists, farm owners and digital agriculture professionals and pointed to two tools as the most used: monitoring software, adopted by half of the producers, and climate forecasting solutions, used by 25%. Among the technologies used, agricultural telemetry is the least used: only 12.5% of corn producers opt for it. With the use of sensors in the farm's equipment, this technology allows the collection of data on the performance of the machinery – and avoids losses resulting from malfunctions. According to the Corn Guide, two resources share the preference of producers: ...

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