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giant borer

Underground drip irrigation is efficient in controlling the giant borer in sugarcane

Among the pests that affect sugarcane, the giant borer (Telchin licus) is one of the most important due to the consequences that affect the crop.

15.12.2021 | 14:11 (UTC -3)

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Corn emergence speed

In corn, periodic soil preparation provides several effects for its implementation, one of which is the speed of seedling emergence.

23.07.2021 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

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Autumn-winter crops

Several other species can be grown as cover crops in the autumn-winter period, alone or in combination

14.01.2021 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Asian rust

Essential measures against Asian rust in soybeans

Sanitary void and sowing schedule become essential measures for the sustainability of soybean production in Brazil

18.11.2020 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Corn

Off-season corn: how to maximize gains and reduce risks?

By Décio Karam, member of the Sustainable Agro Scientific Council (CCAS), Ph.D, Weed Management researcher at Embrapa Milho e Sorgo

06.10.2020 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Café

The risks of selling coffee

By Robinson Cannaval, director and founding partner of Innovatech Consultoria

22.09.2020 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

China

The 2020/21 harvest approaches planting with expectations of a new record for Brazil

Agricultural Market Column, with Vlamir Brandalizze

03.09.2020 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Diseases

Indispensable protection from multisite fungicides in soybeans

How multisite fungicides can help manage diseases and resistance in soybean crops, in addition to promoting increased productivity

27.08.2020 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Diseases

How to plan soybean disease management

Learn how to plan the management of diseases such as Asian rust and target blight in soybeans, in order to obtain control efficiency and positive impacts on productivity

24.08.2020 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

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Grain market: what comes after the record harvest?

By Fabrício Müller, Product and Strategic Marketing Manager for Crop Care at AGCO South America, owner of Valtra

23.07.2020 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Pesticides

Expanding soybean diseases

Despite the great evolution of soybean breeding in Brazil, monoculture and the adoption of inadequate management practices have favored the emergence of new diseases

05.06.2020 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Genetical enhancement

Productive potential of early soybeans

By João Pascoalino, technical and research coordinator of the Soja Brasil Strategic Committee (CESB)

19.05.2020 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

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The ideal harvest point goes beyond color

The use of the brix degree in the production of specialty coffees. By Enrique Alves, Researcher at Embrapa Rondônia

08.05.2020 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

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Alternatives for controlling the coffee borer

By José Nilton Medeiros Costa, researcher Embrapa Rondônia

07.05.2020 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Wheat

The advancement of wheat cultivation in the Cerrado

By Lucas Willwock, agronomist at Biotrigo Genética

18.03.2020 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Driving

Quality in production is a major differentiator of biological control

One of the greatest experts in biological control in the world, gives an overview of how the practice is today in Brazil and around the world and expectations for the future

23.08.2019 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Inoculants

Inoculation and co-inoculation practices associated with soybeans

By Igor Fernando Barbosa, Fast Agro Market Technical Development Supervisor

10.07.2019 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

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When is it viable to invest in corn ethanol?

Corn ethanol production is a new market that is growing rapidly. According to data from the National Supply Company (Conab), of the 30,3 billion liters of ethanol that will be produced in this

24.06.2019 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Diseases

Management of Phoma spot in coffee plants

An important disease in coffee plants, Phoma spot causes severe limitations mainly in regions of high altitude and with a predominance of low temperatures, wind and humidity

05.04.2019 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

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Deprecated grains: white corn ear rot

White ear rot is a disease that causes enormous losses in corn, as it affects and depreciates the final product.

05.04.2019 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Research

The security that scientific advances bring to agriculture

Currently, there is a lot of talk about pesticides, the impact of these products on Brazilian agricultural production and the market's expectation for more effective options.

07.02.2019 | 21:59 (UTC -3)