Articles

Management and technology increase efficiency in sugarcane harvesting.

By Marcelo Pierossi (Lidera Consulting and Projects) and Douglas Rocha (Specialist Consultant in Mechanization)

30.12.2025 | 16:43 (UTC -3)

Power required to pull a harrow: how to calculate it?

By Eder Dornelles Pinheiro, Airton dos Santos Alonço, Luana Freitas Knierim and Gessieli Possebom (Laserg/UFSM)

30.12.2025 | 16:28 (UTC -3)

Soil mapping guides the definition of management zones.

By Eduardo Leonel Bottega, Alicia Baumhardt Dorneles, Cristielle König Marin, Zanandra Boff De Oliveira (UFSM), Rodrigo Franco Dias and Eder Luís Sari (Campear Engenharia Agronômica)

29.12.2025 | 17:06 (UTC -3)

Digital agriculture gains ground with drones, AI, and connected machines.

By Marco Lorenzzo Cunali Ripoli, from Bioenergy Consultoria

26.12.2025 | 15:35 (UTC -3)

Sprayers

How to properly clean agricultural sprayers

Learn how to properly clean agricultural sprayers, ensuring the continuity and quality of your operation.

18.12.2025 | 16:47 (UTC -3)

Nutrition

The productive potential of soybeans is built during the initial reproductive phase.

Keeping up with this process and knowing how to handle the challenges is essential for greater crop profitability.

15.12.2025 | 14:11 (UTC -3)

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Main errors in agricultural machinery operations and how to avoid them.

Among the most common errors in the operation of agricultural machinery are the lack of preventive maintenance, the use of non-original parts, incorrect calibration, among others.

15.12.2025 | 13:54 (UTC -3)

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Agricultural sprayers: why invest in self-propelled sprayers?

The self-propelled agricultural sprayer combines its own engine, wide booms, and precision agriculture technology to apply pesticides with greater speed and accuracy.

11.12.2025 | 14:52 (UTC -3)

Corn

Genetic improvement, production environment and management

By Claitson Gustavo Zanin, Evandro Maschietto, Fabiano Pacentchuk and others

10.12.2025 | 14:17 (UTC -3)

Harvesters

Hybrid or axial harvesters?

Understanding the differences, applications, and maintenance requirements of axial and hybrid harvesters guarantees better results.

10.12.2025 | 10:03 (UTC -3)

Embrapa

Why are ground cover plants underutilized?

By Fernando Mendes Lamas, researcher at Embrapa Agropecuária Oeste

09.12.2025 | 17:11 (UTC -3)

Organic, conventional, or local? What the numbers don't show on the label.

By Valmir Rodrigues, founder of My Trusted Source (MyTS)

09.12.2025 | 14:06 (UTC -3)

FAESC

Credit crisis worsens risks for rural producers.

By José Zeferino Pedrozo, president of Faesc and Senar/SC

08.12.2025 | 14:08 (UTC -3)

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Calibration of agricultural equipment

Learn how to calibrate agricultural machinery, which equipment requires more attention, and how this reduces waste and increases crop productivity.

07.12.2025 | 14:28 (UTC -3)

Healthy soil: the great worker of Brazilian agriculture.

By Ieda Mendes, Embrapa Cerrados

05.12.2025 | 14:53 (UTC -3)

Trends in Brazilian agribusiness in 2026

By Fabrício Orrigo, Director of Agricultural Products at TOTVS

04.12.2025 | 09:19 (UTC -3)

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Soybean planting: does the choice of planter discs really affect the yield?

The choice and adjustment of planter discs are crucial in soybean planting. Understand their functions, how to choose them, when to replace them, and more.

03.12.2025 | 14:29 (UTC -3)

Mendel's peas and 21st-century science

By Décio Luiz Gazzoni, member of the Scientific Council for Sustainable Agriculture (CCAS)

03.12.2025 | 08:11 (UTC -3)

Agricultural machinery

Exclusive test drive with the Crucianelli Plantor 2450 seeder.

With options ranging from 24 to 32 rows, the Plantor, from Crucianelli, arrives in Brazil with a design full of modern systems and advanced technology, focused on producers seeking precision in seeding.

01.12.2025 | 10:41 (UTC -3)

Algae as biological inputs in agriculture

By Thiago Assis Rodrigues Nogueira, Rodrigo Silva Alves, Paulo Paschoalotto Marques and others

01.12.2025 | 02:16 (UTC -3)

Cooperativism

How industrialization transformed cooperativism in SC

By Vanir Zanatta, president of the Organization of Cooperatives of the State of Santa Catarina (Ocesc)

25.11.2025 | 14:29 (UTC -3)

Seeds

Seeds and bio-inputs: pillars for assertive positioning.

By André Luiz Radunz, UFFS - Chapecó

23.11.2025 | 14:41 (UTC -3)

Cana

How to control the sugarcane borer Diatraea saccharalis

Diatraea saccharalis has become prominent in sugarcane fields; joint action is essential.

06.11.2025 | 16:40 (UTC -3)

Massey Ferguson

Comfort and technology enhance the efficiency of agricultural machinery.

By Eder Pinheiro, Product Marketing Coordinator for Massey Ferguson Tractors

05.11.2025 | 14:52 (UTC -3)