Field Day debates technologies for soybean productivity

A light rain on the morning of February 1.300th made the Sementes Oilema Field Day, at Condomínio Irmãos Gattos, in Barreiras (BA), remarkable. With more than XNUMX participants, the event maintained its prominent position in the ranking of major regional agricultural meetings.

Technical discussions and meetings with friends and business partners were the highlights of this year's edition. The presence of agricultural entities presenting their institutional work and the contribution to social entities with the transfer of event resources were complementary agendas.

In the field arrival showcase, 14 soybean cultivars were displayed, being the highlights among 27 offered this year by Sementes Oilema. The positioning and news of each material were presented by the company's commercial team.

“Offering the best seed possible, even in challenging years, with security and transparency, is the role of Sementes Oilema”, highlighted the company’s CEO Celito Missio. Likewise, to design crops among the productivity champions, the farmer needs, in addition to good seed, to make the best use of it, allowing it to express its productive potential. To achieve this, it is essential to constantly monitor the planting operation, through a trained employee, striving for good distribution, adequate depth for each situation and the perfect intimacy of the seed with the soil.

Knowing the nematode management tools was the topic that professor and nematologist Fernando Godinho from the Federal Institute of Goiás addressed. Tolerant cultivars and the use of biologicals, combined with chemical management and crop rotation, are among the strategies that soybean farmers can use to minimize the impacts of this pest.

The formation of straw in soybean crops are challenges that have solutions and these were presented by researcher Dirceu Broch, from MS Integração. The need to protect the soil from high temperatures and water stress are the basic reasons for making good mulch. Choosing the forage species that best develops given the specific reality of each area is a point that the farmer needs to delve into, as well as learning how to manage planting and desiccation, were the main points discussed.

Addressing the direction of Brazilian agriculture at a time of Chinese crises and the opportunities that are growing, were points that professor Marcos Fava Neves from FEA/USP presented. Brazil has never been aligned with low interest rates, favorable exchange rates and international demands, which will take agriculture to a new dimension in the short term, were points of the USP professor's debates.

For 2021, the next meeting will be on February XNUMXth, with planning starting a year before. “We want to maintain the tradition at Matopiba events, as one of the most anticipated”, concluded Celito Missio.