Discussions about water management and good soybean results entertain the public at the Bahia Farm Show

The Bahia Farm Show, one of the biggest Brazilian agribusiness events, served as the stage for the ordinary meeting of the Rio Grande River Basin Committee (CBHRG). During the meeting, the implementation of the Water Resources Plan and Framework for Water Bodies was discussed, being considered a crucial tool for water management in the Rio Grande basin region.

Odacil Ranzi, president of the Association of Farmers and Irrigators of Bahia (Aiba), argued that the Bahia Farm Show is the ideal place to connect government officials, rural producers and civil society to debate environmental preservation. According to Ranzi, Aiba's new headquarters, built within the Bahia Farm complex, was designed precisely to receive authorities and entities for important discussions, such as those that took place at the event.

Other important topics were part of the 2022/2023 Harvest Research Results Workshop, aimed at producers, consultants and technicians in the agricultural sector. During the meeting, the positive results of the current harvest, which is in the final harvesting phase in western Bahia, were highlighted. Notably, soybeans, the main product of agricultural production, reached an average productivity of 67 bags per hectare.

The 2022/2023 harvest, which began in October last year on 56 properties, followed an early planting schedule, in accordance with Ordinance 57 of July 25, 2022, from the Bahian Agricultural Defense Agency (Adab). Over the period, 1.141 technical visits were carried out, monitoring a total of 993.253 hectares of crops.

Aloísio Júnior, agribusiness manager at Aiba, emphasized that the evaluation process involves collecting data from the field and validating it through technical discussions. Júnior pointed out that the average number of 67 bags per hectare of soybeans, achieved again in this harvest, had already been achieved in previous harvests, constituting a national record.

Compared to other soy producing states, Bahia stands out. Even though they can only produce one harvest per year due to time constraints, rural producers in western Bahia stand out for their high productivity, which represents a direct reflection of the efforts and dedication applied to the activity.