In past articles I took the opportunity to introduce new companies that have entered the Brazilian agricultural market. These companies often bring a technology advantage to the sector, resulting in an increase in productivity for our farmers. For example,...

Brazilian digital agriculture company Solinftec has set up its North American offices at Purdue Research Park in West Lafayette, Indiana, and is trying to create a data-aggregation system powered by artificial intelligence that allows U.S. farmers to closely monitor...

I recently read an interesting article on FutureFarming.com about soil compaction in Brazil and how several companies are helping farmers to measure their soil. Farmers from Brazil and throughout South America are realizing how much soil compaction can hurt...

Every year I attend Brazil's main agribusiness fairs to keep myself up-to-date on the latest agricultural technologies. This year I made a point to visit Indigo Ag, which made its first appearance at fairs in Mato Grosso. [caption id="attachment_62901" align="alignright"...

AGCO announces a commercial and technological partnership with Solinftec, a Brazil-based developer and distributor of digital agriculture solutions.The partnership will reportedly give AGCO customers direct access to Solinftec´s portfolio of solutions including on-board computers, weather stations, soil sensors, telemetry...

Decision-support systems have become a big player in North America, and now they are starting to take hold in South America.

The Central-West of Brazil struggles a lot with climate issues. There is an increasing need to take better care of the soil, since good soil fertility can help the plant overcome a period of climatic stress. Therefore, the demand for...

The Brazilian Congress of Precision Agriculture 2018 (ConBAP 2018) was held October 2-4 in Curitiba, Paraná. Held every two years, ConBAP is considered Brazil's largest ag tech and scientific event. It brings together about 800 participants among researchers, extension...

More than 600 participants attended the Climate FieldView Experience in São Paulo, including farmers, consultants, precision agriculture companies, and startups. In 2010, much of my work involved unloading data from 30 machines (e.g., tractors, sprayers, harvesters)...

The University of Nottingham is working with Brazilian and EU partners to solve atmospheric interference problems that hamper satellite-based positioning in equatorial countries like Brazil. The research network will support the advancement of precision agriculture, which aims to make crop...

The agricultural fair circuit in Brazil has begun and the central theme thus far has been digital agriculture. With an emphasis on education and research, agricultural fairs are creating paths and examples of how farmers can be inserted into...

Syngenta and Strider have announced that Syngenta has entered into a binding agreement to acquire Strider, a Brazilian agtech company focused on operational management solutions for farms. Completion of the transaction is subject to clearance by the relevant merger-control authorities....

Raven Industries, a global leader in precision agriculture technologies, has announced its expansion into Brazil with the opening of a regional headquarters in Paulínia, São Paulo. Raven Brasil, aligned under the company’s Applied Technology division, will include a new facility...

The monitoring of pests and disease on Brazilian farms has evolved from paper recordkeeping (above) to mobile platforms. About nine years ago, shortly after finishing my graduation, my first job was as a monitor of pests...

Agrishow is the largest and most traditional fair in Brazil. Brazil continues to demonstrate its potential in agriculture. Several international companies are investing in our country because we have a lot of room to grow. Agribusiness...

The idea of using on-farm trials to gather data about the performance of any crop input has been in place even before the advent of modern science. Farmers tend to test anything new on small portions of their fields...

This soybean field in Mato Grasso, Brazil, was photographed from 65 meters up by an agricultural drone. Technology adoption usually occurs in stages. In agriculture, it progresses best when new innovations are spurred by competition, and...

In recent years, producers in Mato Grosso have experienced a stagnation of productivity and increased production costs, limiting crop production and thus tightening their overall margins. With growing demand for the commodities of Mato Grosso, this productive sector finds...

As I mentioned in my last article, the IPNI Brazil Symposium on Precision Agriculture was held in early October in Goiânia, Goiás, in central western Brazil. Attendees were mainly service providers, crop consultants, soil analysis laboratories, fertilizer companies, agricultural...

These photos highlight the work of a creative farmer in Mato Grasso, Brazil, who took advantage of old planters (above) and modified some parts and added meters, spending less than half the price of a...