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On February 17th, the holding company Essere Group will be present at the 11th PA Consultoria 2024 Field Day, which takes place from 7am on the São Paulo farm, in the Deciolândia region, in Diamantino, Mato Grosso. The event seeks to provide access to new technologies and raise awareness among farmers about those that are already available. The group will participate with stands from two of its companies: Bionat Soluções Biológicas and Kimberlit Agrociências.
“For complex problems, there are no isolated solutions, which is why we must combine products and knowledge for assertive positioning aiming for excellence in results in the field”, says Álefe Borges, product manager at Bionat Soluções Biológicas. The company specializes in the development and commercialization of biological products in the segments of inoculants, fungicides, nematicides and microbiological insecticides, with a focus on the integrated management of pests and diseases in agriculture.
The challenges of nematode management will be discussed at the stand, with the presentation of the Essere Integrated Crop Management System (SIM) for nematode management, which now includes Peregrino, Bionat's most recent launch in the microbiological nematicides segment.
Kimberlit Agrociências also has solutions that make up SIM Essere, bringing together technologies from multiple segments to deliver effective management for complex problems. Bruno Neves (in the photo), product manager at Kimberlit, comments that the technologies that each business unit makes available to the market are complementary and aim to increase the adoption of SIM, especially in the management of nematodes.
“Making the plant an unfavorable environment for the presence of pathogens is the objective”, he reports. In this case, management requires solutions ranging from the choice of material to be used to foliar applications with physioactivating fertilizers that complement the management carried out during planting.
Another approach within the Field Day will be the UniTA program (Integrated Unit of Application Technology), a mobile laboratory, specialized in Application Technology. This program is made up of educational and operational units, which carry out tasks such as training, inspections and measurements of equipment and nozzles, with the aim of optimizing equipment and products applied in an efficient and sustainable way. On this occasion, UniTA will demonstrate technologies for better performance of products that pass through application systems.
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Electric GUSS incorporates a weed detection system that identifies chlorophyll and sprays only the affected areas; technology can reduce material use by up to 90%