Partnership aims to provide technical excellence for aerial applications of agrochemicals

The company Dominus Soli announces the formation of a technological partnership with Alvo Consultoria, owned by agronomist Glauberto Moderno, a specialist in technologies for applying agrochemicals by air. This month, the two companies launch a portfolio of services focused on reconciling agricultural productivity with environmental preservation.

“We believe that this union could contribute to breaking myths, strengthening and preserving aerial application and also help to reverse the negative image of agricultural aviation in Brazil”, summarizes Glauberto Moderno, founder of Alvo Consultoria, based in Catanduva, São Paulo.

Dominus Soli, from São João da Boa Vista (SP), works in the Brazilian market with the monitoring of agricultural aircraft. Its proprietary software, called Spray Plan, diagnoses and corrects technical faults in aerial applications. According to the company, this is a resource that, when used with appropriate technical support, increases the productive potential of crops and protects living organisms, such as pollinating insects.

Partners at Dominus Soli, executives Antonio Loures and Marco Antonio Lino emphasize that the portfolio of services developed with Alvo covers methodologies for carrying out quality audits associated with aerial applications. The partnership, say the businesspeople, will also enable the introduction of recent technologies in the area, with a view to increasing the economic return of air treatments.

Loures and Lino highlight that the joint services also include the review of processes adopted in agribusiness companies to carry out aerial applications, especially with regard to operational piloting standards and the cost management of aircraft use.Entrepreneurs point out that the Spray Plan system, developed by the company, increases the coverage effectiveness of agrochemical products from 75% to 96% of the treated area.

Based on figures from Sindag - National Union of Agricultural Aviation Companies -, Loures and Lindo point out that there are 240 agricultural aviation companies operating in Brazil, in addition to 565 operators linked to farmers and cooperatives. The total number of aircraft in use, according to the entity, is close to 2080. Also according to Sindag, around 70 million hectares of crops receive agricultural pesticide applications by air annually.